โ Scribed by Nina Allan
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Named as one of '50 Writers You Should Read Now' by The Guardian. From the award-winning author of** The Rift**, Nina Allan,** The Silver Wind is a remarkable narrative exploring the nature of time itself.**
Martin Newland is fascinated by time. Watches and clocks are for him metaphorical time machines, a means of coming to terms with the past and voyaging into the future. But was his first timepiece a Smith, given to him on his fourteenth birthday, or the Longines he received four years later? Was it the small brass travelling clock unearthed in the run-down house for which he is to act as estate agent? And who is the maker of these time machines?
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
****Named as one of '50 Writers You Should Read Now' by** ***The Guardian*****. From the award-winning author of** ***The Rift*****, Nina Allan,** ***The Silver Wind*** **is a remarkable narrative exploring the nature of time itself.**** Martin Newland is fascinated by time. Watches and clocks are
In 1978, aged twelve, Sissy Olikara was living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus, on the outskirts of Lusaka. But much has changed since her childhood in Zambia: she is now a translator, based in the United States. Looking back, Sissy remembers the gentle routine her family enjoye
Amory Lorrimer needs money to help her family, so she takes a position as secretary at the Briarcliffe mansion. The Whitneys seem relatively untouched by the depression, often hosting house parties, and it is into the midst of one of these that Amory arrives. Mrs. Whitney's nephew Gareth is visiting
**The fascinating debut of the prequel series to \*The Trade Pact Universe**\* This prequel to *The Trade Pact Universe* series begins in a time before the Clan had learned how to manipulate the M?hir to travel between worlds. Aliens have begun to explore the world of Cersi, upsetting the delic
As wild as the Wyoming frontier and a terror when spurned, Jessie Blair is furious when she over hears Chase Summers refusing her hand -- and vows to seduce the handsome drifter out of spite. Enraged by Jessie's arrogance yet haunted by her beauty, Chase is irresistible drawn to the headstrong miss
**A powerful, inventive collection from one of America's most critically admired poets** _"What has restlessness been for?"_ In _Wild Is the Wind_ , Carl Phillips reflects on love as depicted in the jazz standard for which the book is named--love at once restless, reckless, and yet desired for it