Fault Lines
Will be published approx. on 1. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84354-852-2 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008
Winner of the Prix Femina 2006
Narrated by four children from different generations of the same family, Fault Lines is a tale of a present haunted by the past. Moving from California to New York, from Haifa to Toronto and Munich, its stories unwind back through the years until, reaching the Second World War, the devastating secret at the heart of the family's history is finally revealed.
Domestic in focus and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a poignant and captivating piece of storytelling, revealing what can happen when past and present collide...
Winner of the Prix Femina 2006
Narrated by four children from different generations of the same family, Fault Lines is a tale of a present haunted by the past. Moving from California to New York, from Haifa to Toronto and Munich, its stories unwind back through the years until, reaching the Second World War, the devastating secret at the heart of the family's history is finally revealed.
Domestic in focus and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a poignant and captivating piece of storytelling, revealing what can happen when past and present collide...
Reviews / Votes
Savour it: you'll regret it if you don't. * Sydney Morning Herald * Glittering... Accomplished -- Joanna Briscoe * Guardian * Masterful; the language is direct and arresting; the story is engaging to the end. It's both a very human story and a novel of ideas, and it's challenging on both levels. * Globe and Mail * An intelligent, emotional read. * Eve *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84354-852-2 (9781843548522)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Nancy Huston was born in Calgary, Canada, in 1953 and studied in New England and New York. When she was twenty she went to Paris and decided to make it her home. Writing in both French and English, she translates her own work and is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, as well as plays, children's books and screenplays. Fault Lines, her eleventh novel, won France's prestigious Prix Femina in 2006.