In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks - young Trian and old Cormac - he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God
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Detaljer om materialet
Type
Bog
Sprog
engelsk
Genre
historiske romaner
Emnetal
83
ISBN
9780316413930
Udgave
1. edition, 1. printing
Omfang
257 sider
Forlag
Little, Brown
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer
Om forfatteren
Emma Donoghue
Portræt af forfatteren der, udover at have skrevet syv romaner, også har skrevet fiktion i en lang række andre genrer såvel som litteraturhistoriske værker
Forfatterweb, 2011