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A Far Country
A Far Country
paperback
Published:
1 February, 2008
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Description
'Mason is a superb storyteller' – The Times
Discover this richly evocative story of heroism and the bonds of family from the bestselling author of North Woods, Daniel Mason.
When they spoke of it in town, they called it simply the city, as if it was the only city in the world . . .
Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, Isabel was born with the gift and curse of ‘seeing farther’. When drought and war grip their land, her beloved brother Isaias joins a great exodus to a teeming, labyrinthine city in the south.
Soon the fourteen-year-old Isabel follows, forsaking the only home she’s ever known, her sole consolation the thought of being with her brother again. But when she arrives, she discovers that Isaias has disappeared. Weeks and then months pass, until one day, armed only with her unshakeable hope, Isabel descends into the chaos of the city to find him . . .
'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' – The New York Times
Prizes
Short-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Fiction 2008
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780330492706 |
| ISBN10 | 0330492705 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 194 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 17 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Daniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels The Piano Tuner and North Woods. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and adapted for opera and theatre. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.