The Gift of Stones - Hardcover
First published in 1988 and now reissued in paperback, a historical novel set in a Stone Age Village at the advent of the Bronze Age. The skills of the stoneworkers ensures their daily survival but their resistance to change casts a shadow over their futures, especially when a defiant woman enters their village, a harbinger of inevitable change.
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‘The intense story of the pre-historical moment when stone yielded to bronze . . . Crace is a virtuoso’ Frank Kermode, New York Times
‘His style is as simple as it is beautiful . . . Crace reveals the dignity in human labour and the power of the passing of time’ Herald
‘A deceptively simple book that explores profound ideas with a rare delicacy of touch’ Los Angeles Times
‘Bewitching . . . brings a lost world to life and imbues it with a sense of wonder’ Sunday Times
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‘His style is as simple as it is beautiful . . . Crace reveals the dignity in human labour and the power of the passing of time’ Herald
‘A deceptively simple book that explores profound ideas with a rare delicacy of touch’ Los Angeles Times
‘Bewitching . . . brings a lost world to life and imbues it with a sense of wonder’ Sunday Times
From the acclaimed author of Quarantine, a mesmeric novel that breathes life into a distant age.
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- PublisherMartin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0436112825
- ISBN 13 9780436112829
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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