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Set against a vividly drawn background ranging through China, Sicily and London, In A Dark Wood is the story of two brothers, Gabriel Namier, a Jesuit priest and Jerome, editor of a literary magazine. It tells of Gabriel's destruction through love and doubt and of Jerome's struggle with a lifelong sense of failure.
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Marina Warner's most recent novel is Indigo. Her previous novel, The Lost Father, was a Regional Winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, Winner of the Macmillan Silver Pen Award, and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is a writer, critic and historian and besides two earlier novels, In A Dark Wood and The Skating Party, she is the author of three studies of mythology, Alone of All Her Sex: the Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary, Joan of Arc: the Image of Female Heroism and Monuments and Maidens: the Allegory of the Female Form (Winner of the Fawcett Prize). Marina Warner lives in London with her husband, the painter John Dewe Matthews, and one son.
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- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0394411447
- ISBN 13 9780394411446
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages250
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In a Dark Wood
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Book Description 1/4 Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st US Edition; First Printing. An attractive first American edition/first printing in seemingly unread Fine condition, in Near Fine, sunned dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; and Selenia is the story of three sisters who must find their way in a world that is not their own.In a Dark Wood is the story of three sisters who are forced to leave their home when their father is captured by the soldiers of the Queen. They must find their way in a new and dangerous world, where they must rely on their strength, their wits, and their sisterly bond to survive.; 8vo ; FSA. Seller Inventory # 22019
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