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Synopsis
With two extraordinary books, THE EMPEROR'S LAST LAND and DAISY BATES IN THE DESERT, Julia Blackburn has pushed the boundaries of non-fiction as far as they will go. IN THE BOOK OF COLOUR she crosses for the first time into fiction and the result is astonishing: a short visionary novel of almost awesome power, a book that changes your view of the world. THE BOOK OF COLOUR is a journey around Julia Blackburn's father and grandfather, set largely in Mauritius. It is a book about childhood, about madness, about the fear of miscegenation - and about a pig. It establishes Julia Blackburn as the most original English writer since Chatwin.
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"Her narrative vibrates with symbolism and portent. Every event, every encounter, every object shimmers with talismanic power" (Michiko Kakutani New York Times)
"As a book about the partiality of family history and the peculiar spells of memory, The Book of Colour could hardly be bettered" (Observer)
"A brilliant fantasy of bizarre and magical imagination" (Mary Wesley Daily Mail)
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'Formidable... memorable and poetic' - Evening Standard
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0099592819
- ISBN 13 9780099592815
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
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