The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps
by:
Michel Faber (author)
ISBN:
9781841953281 (1841953288)
Edition language: English
Sian is troubled by violent dreams and seeking distraction, joins an archaeological dig at Whitby Abbey. The abbey's one hundred and ninety-nine steps link the twenty-first century with the ruins of the past. More of a novella than a novel, it begins with Sian's horrific nightmares and progresses to...
After reading Under the Skin I was dissapointed with Faber, but this short novel brought back some of the love. It has done me good reading about the triumph of the Believe on Goodness over Cynicism.
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