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The Silence in the Garden
William Trevor
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Description for The Silence in the Garden
Hardcover. 8vo. First American edition. Good copy in good dust wrapper.
Set in Carriglas, County Cork, this book tells of Sarah Pollexfen, who becomes a governess to the Rolleston family at the beginning of this century. Two wars later, she dies in the house that was once so magical for her. How and why that magic becomes tarnished is the main theme of the novel. William Trevor's first novel, "The Old Boys", won the Hawthornden Prize in 1964. Since then he has received other honours for his work including the Royal Society of Literature Award, the Allied Irish Banks Prize for Literature and the Whitbread Prize for fiction. He is a ... Read more
Set in Carriglas, County Cork, this book tells of Sarah Pollexfen, who becomes a governess to the Rolleston family at the beginning of this century. Two wars later, she dies in the house that was once so magical for her. How and why that magic becomes tarnished is the main theme of the novel. William Trevor's first novel, "The Old Boys", won the Hawthornden Prize in 1964. Since then he has received other honours for his work including the Royal Society of Literature Award, the Allied Irish Banks Prize for Literature and the Whitbread Prize for fiction. He is a ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
1st Edition
Yes
Publisher
Viking New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780370312187
SKU
KEX0273961
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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