The Melody von Crace, Jim

November, 1836. A fierce gale beaches an American sail ship off the English coast, injuring an African slave below decks and eventually disgorging 300 head of cattle and rowdy American sailors into a hardscrabble fishing village. The...

From the two-time winner of the Whitbread Prize and shortlist candidate for the Booker comes an intimate story of characters whose lives have been uprooted and thrown into danger and misadventure. von Crace, Jim

From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Harvest and Quarantine, a spellbinding fable about love, fear and where authority lies. von Crace, Jim

A devastated America exists in an imagined future. Its technologies are forgotten, its communities have splintered and its refugees, reversing the course of history, travel eastwards in search of safety and a new start. Among them are...

Das Buch "Quarantine" von Jim Crace spielt in der biblischen Zeit und beleuchtet die Geschichte von Jesus, der sich für 40 Tage in die Wüste zurückzieht, um zu fasten und zu beten. Der Roman erzählt jedoch nicht nur die Geschichte aus...