Alan Spence

The Pure Land

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A modern epicA heart-breaking love storyAn unforgettable journey of the spiritThe year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escape. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he earns a great fortune, learns the ways of the Samurai and helps to overthrow the Shogun.Yet beneath his astonishing success lies a man cut to the heart by an affair with a beautiful courtesan, a lover who, unknown to Glover, would bear him a son.'Not merely an engaging and vivid historical novel, but also a meditative work of art that is as finely honed as a Samurai's sword.'John Burnside, Th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84195-959-7
EAN: 9781841959597
Produktnummer: 17612932
Verlag: Canongate Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H19.6 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.6 cm 296 g
Auflage: Main
Gewicht: 296

Über den Autor

Alan Spence is an award winning poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. His awards include the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, the Macallan Short Story Prize and the McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also Artistic Director of the annual WORD Festival.