The mission house a novel
Taking refuge in a mission house in a remote hill town in India, an Englishman fleeing the dark undercurrents of contemporary life bonds with a Padre's daughter against a backdrop of escalating religious tensions.
| Main Author: | Davies, Carys (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Scribner,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Taking refuge in a mission house in a remote hill town in India, an Englishman fleeing the dark undercurrents of contemporary life bonds with a Padre's daughter against a backdrop of escalating religious tensions. |
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| Physical Description: |
259 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781982144838 1982144831 |
| Author Notes: |
Carys Davies is an Australian author who won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award-the world's richest prize for a short-story collection. Davies won the ¿25,000 (A$37,312) prize for her second collection The Redemption of Galen Pike (Salt Publishing). The prize will be presented to Davies at the closing of the Cork International Short Story Festival in September 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) |