In 1860, Alexander Ferguson, a newly ordained vicar and amateur evolutionary scientist, takes up his new parish, a poor, isolated patch on the remote Scottish island of Harris. He hopes to uncover the truth behind the legend of the selkiesmermaids or seal people who have been sighted off the north o
The Sea House
โ Scribed by Freud, Esther
- Book ID
- 106986895
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life, despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Poring over Klaus's letters to Elsa, Lily pieces together the story of their lives. And alone in her rented cottage by the sea, she begins to sense an absence in her own life that may not be filled by simply going home.
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