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Light Over Liskeard

Name: Light Over Liskeard
Brand: Random House
SKU: 9781529920611
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Autor: Louis de Bernieres

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Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future. A novel about what really matters in life...

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Autor

Louis de Bernieres

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2024

Pagini

320

EAN

9781529920611

Enbook ID

44682766

Editura

Random House

Greutate

216

Dimensiuni

129 x 198

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Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future. A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead.

He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self-sufficient haven. Over the course of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby - including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area; a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill; an Arthurian knight on horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse.

As life in the cities gets more complicated, and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart, Q flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside. His new way of life brings him back in tune with his teenage children, his ex-wife, and his own sense of who he is. He also grows close to Eva, energetic and enchanting, who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning.

In this entertaining and heart-warming novel Louis de Bernières pokes fun at modern mores, and makes us reconsider what is really precious in our short and precarious lives.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE*

'Beguiling' Observer

'A feelgood story about friendship and love - vintage de Bernières' Daily Mirror

'A wonder... wry, wise' Daily Mail

'Heaps of old-fashioned adventure' The Times