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Keepers of the House

Autor Lisa St Aubin de Terán
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mai 2022
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 1982'Exceptional' ObserverLydia Sinclair was just seventeen when she arrived on her husband's estate in the Andes, and from the first day she felt that she belonged there.Keepers of the House tells the story of a young English woman newly married to a sugar planter. As her husband, the last of the Beltran family line, retreats into himself, Lydia finds solace in the stories of Benito, the family's oldest retainer. Unearthing the Beltran family's tragic history, she weaves together a rich gothic tapestry in which the fantastic legends of the past are intertwined with the present.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781526655240
ISBN-10: 1526655241
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Lisa St Aubin de Terán was born in London in 1953. She left England at the age of sixteen and, with her exiled Venezuelan husband, travelled extensively through Europe for two years before returning to his family home in the Andes. For seven years, she ran her husband's sugar and avocado estate, drawing on these experiences in her first novel, Keepers of the House which won the Somerset Maugham Award.

Recenzii

Exceptional ... Richly evocative and cunningly crafted
A haunting and unforgettable work of art

Descriere

This is St Aubin de Terán's first novel. Originally published in 1982, it won the Somerset Maugham Award that year. Set in the Venezuelan Andes, the story tells of a English woman newly married to a sugar planter and of the people she meets in the valley. She has also written "A Valley in Italy".