β Scribed by Poster, Jem
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"Utterly absorbing... unquestionably, this heralds the arrival or an extraordinary new voice-nuanced, sympathetic, compelling." -The Post (London)In the winter of 1881, John Stannard, a young architect, is in self-imposed exile in a remote English village, carrying out repairs to the parish church. Arrogant and insensitive to what he considers superstition and sentimental attachment to the past, he soon begins to inflict serious damage on the ancient building as well as on those with whom he comes into contact-most notably the beautiful, ambitious, local girl Ann Rosewell.
This is the mesmerizing tale of a man who clings ferociously to his warped notion of civilized behavior, unwilling to admit his need for love. Set in a vividly evoked landscape and taut with foreboding, Jem Poster's striking first novel pits reason against emotion, progress against preservation, and explores our capacity for invention and self-delusion-the stories we tell each other and the stories...
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Number of Words in Auth: 2
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All Identifiers : isbn:9781468307801
Single Author : Jem Poster
Original Source : New_Train_Pack_2019-154
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Title Length : 016
Title Parm D : Courting Shadows
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ES Lib Name : NIRC 2019-10
Record ID : 11755
Uncomma Author : Jem Poster
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