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26%OFFRose Tremain - The Colour - 9780099425151 - V9780099425151
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The Colour

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Description for The Colour Paperback. Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Abandoning his farm and family, he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps, a moral wilderness where many others, under the seductive dreams of 'the colour', are violently rushing to their destinies.

By turns both moving and terrifying, The ... Read moreis about a quest for the impossible, an attempt to mine the complexities of love and explore the sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of happiness.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099425151
SKU
V9780099425151
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About Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South ... Read more

Reviews for The Colour
Tremain is a magnificent storyteller with an enormous story to tell
Independent on Sunday
This is a writer whose breadth of imagination and supple prose transcend the genre: she is one of the finest writers in England
Daily Telegraph
Tremain has produced her own wondrous piece of gold
Scotsman
A fabulous work, bravely imaginative, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Colour


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