| Author: | John Fowles | ISBN: | 9780316254984 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company | Publication: | April 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Fowles |
| ISBN: | 9780316254984 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication: | April 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Language: | English |
In the spring of 1736 four men and one woman, all traveling under assumed names, are crossing the Devonshire countryside en route to a mysterious rendezvous. Before their journey ends, one of them will be hanged, one will vanish, and the others will face a murder trial. Out of the truths and lies that envelop these events, John Fowles has created a novel that is at once a tale of erotic obsession, an exploration of the conflict between reason and superstition, an astonishing act of literary legerdemain, and the story of the birth of a new faith.
In the spring of 1736 four men and one woman, all traveling under assumed names, are crossing the Devonshire countryside en route to a mysterious rendezvous. Before their journey ends, one of them will be hanged, one will vanish, and the others will face a murder trial. Out of the truths and lies that envelop these events, John Fowles has created a novel that is at once a tale of erotic obsession, an exploration of the conflict between reason and superstition, an astonishing act of literary legerdemain, and the story of the birth of a new faith.
