Omtale fra forlaget
WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD (2011)A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests.A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love...A year unlike any other he has lived.Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
Utgivelsesår 2012
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9781444724288
EAN 9781444724288
Genre Historisk litteratur
Omtalt tid 1700-tallet
Omtalt sted Paris
Språk Engelsk
Utgave 1
Finner du ikke ditt favorittbibliotek på lista? Send oss e-post til admin@bokelskere.no med navn på biblioteket og fylket det ligger i. Kanskje vi kan legge det til!
Ingen diskusjoner ennå.
Start en diskusjon om verket Se alle diskusjoner om verket'One does not resent the future. Nor its agents.'[..]'Come now, we will drink to that shadowy country we are all travelling towards, some on their feet, some on their backsides, squealing.'