TheBequest
- 作者
- 出版社 HarvillPress
- 出版时间 2003年10月
- ISBN 9781843430391
- 定价 277.90
内容简介
1864.AfteryearsofserviceintheRussiannavyandagruellingexpeditiontoGreenland,CaptainFrederickZiegeoftheRoyalDanishNavyisenjoyingchaperoninghismother,sisterandtwomarriageableniecesforaseasonontheRiviera.TherehemeetsEmmelineLeslie,ayoungAustralianwidowerandveteranofthebush.Thedifferencesbetweentheircomplexhistoriesenrichtheirensuingromance,butfrustratetheirsearchforahome.TheBequesttakesthereaderfromItalytoFrance,NorthAfrica,Greece,Siberia,Greenland,Australia,andfinallyEngland.Itisanovelaboutidentityandbelonging;abouttheplaceofhistoryandmemoryinuprootedlives.Objects-manyofwhicharepictured,suchasanivoryChinatradepuzzle,ajewelledpencil,aclock-haveanalmosttalismanicroleintheinterlockingstoriesofthisrichandmovingtale.
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