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| Main Author: | Knox, Elizabeth (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, New York] :
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Part one: Insects. A book with a light in its long perspective ; The muleskinner
- Part two: Fire. Matron of honour ; The library at Princes Gate, 1995 ; Documentary evidence ; The Bibliotháeque Mâejanes
- Part three: Light. The island of apples ; Norfolk ; Night in a tree ; The firestarter ; Nil by mouth ; Brutal
- Part four: Damp. Failing kindness ; The pale lady ; The summer road ; The island of women ; Kernow's story ; Go to your gate ; Questions from the audience ; Green pressure
- Part five: Carelessness. Two graves ; Basil Cornick's screen test ; Mimir's well ; A Torah above the Torah ; Taken lightly ; Quarry House
- Part six Uncaring. The moot ; Call and response ; Purgatory ; Neve's story ; Tintern ; The folly
- Epilogue: One hundred years, eighty with good behaviour.