The Corner That Held Them
€14.70
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241454817 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sylvia Townsend Warner |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.258 |
| Publishing Date | 28/01/2021 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.87 |
| Tax | €0.83 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.70 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
''One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty'' Sarah Waters
The nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women.
''As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy'' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement
''Spellbinding . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page'' Sunday Times
''Magnificent'' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph