Quarantine
By Jim CraceA re-imagining of the forty days Christ spent in the wilderness being tempted by the devil.Judea, about two thousand years ago: There were five of them - not in a group, but strung out along the road where earlier that morning the caravan of uncles had passed by. Three men, a woman, and, too far behind for anyone to guess its gender, a fifth. And this fifth was barefoot, and without a staff. No water-skin, or bag of clothes. No food. A slow, painstaking figure, made thin and watery by the rising, mirage heat, as if someone had thrown a stone into the pool of air through which it walked and ripples had diluted it.
Book details
- Hardcover
- 242 pages
- English
- 0374239622
- 9780374239626
About Jim Crace
james "jim" crace is an award-winning english writer. his novel quarantine, won the whitbread novel award and was shortlisted for the m Read More about Jim Crace
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