Description
Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted masterpiece "Dazzling, gritty brilliance. This is a novel of scorching distinction" Sunday TimesUnder an endless and unforgiving sky, four travellers enter the Judean desert in search of redemption. Instead, amidst the barren rocks, they are met by a dangerous man, Musa, and fall under his dark influence. But there is a fervent, solitary figure also sharing their landscape, denying the temptations of his neighbours, and, ultimately, the needs of his own body. So begin forty days and nights in one of the most inhospitable terrains on earth.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
268 pages
Language
English
Published
Jul 1, 2010
Editions
4 editions
ISBN-10
0330537067
ISBN-13
9780330537063