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The Taste of Apple Seeds
Katharina Hagena
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Description for The Taste of Apple Seeds
Paperback. The bestseller that has captivated readers across Europe, The Taste of Apple Seeds is both an enchanting story of first love and a heartbreaking journey through loss. Translator(s): Bulloch, Jamie. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
For Iris, childhood memories are of long, hot summers spent playing with her cousin in their grandmother's enchanted garden. But Iris is now a young woman and her grandmother, after a long battle with dementia, is now dead. When she returns to the small village for her grandmother's funeral, Iris learns that she has not only inherited the old house and garden, she has also inherited her family's darkest secrets...
For Iris, childhood memories are of long, hot summers spent playing with her cousin in their grandmother's enchanted garden. But Iris is now a young woman and her grandmother, after a long battle with dementia, is now dead. When she returns to the small village for her grandmother's funeral, Iris learns that she has not only inherited the old house and garden, she has also inherited her family's darkest secrets...
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857891006
SKU
KTG0011119
Shipping Time
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About Katharina Hagena
Katharina Hagena, born 1967, studied English and German Literature in Marburg, London and Freiburg, before lecturing at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Hamburg. Her first book What are the wild waves saying? Waterways Through Joyce's Ulysses, was published in 2006. The Taste of Apple Seeds is her first novel. She currently lives in Hamburg.
Reviews for The Taste of Apple Seeds
This melancholy novel about lifting the layers of history is packed with gorgeous imagery and undertones of buried secrets... Sultry, tragic and intensely atmospheric
The Times
Beautifully phrased, artful and sometimes ingenious... The Taste of Apple Seeds is atmospheric and sensual
Independent
It's easy to see why this riveting gothic saga spent two years on the ... Read more
The Times
Beautifully phrased, artful and sometimes ingenious... The Taste of Apple Seeds is atmospheric and sensual
Independent
It's easy to see why this riveting gothic saga spent two years on the ... Read more