Temples Of Delight - Softcover

Trapido, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140159533 ISBN 13: 9780140159530

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

The moment Jem joined her class in the middle of Silent Reading, Alice knew her life was irrevocably changed. Glamorous, different, a subversive treading the exciting line between reality and fantasy, Jem seduces Alice with The Magic Flute, esotericliterature and the vivid fabric of her past - and then vanishes as abruptly as she came, leaving Alice bereft. Until, five years on, Jem blazes her sphere again, trailing a chaotic wake of mystery and cosmic casalty. And then the infuriating demoniac Giovanni appears. Giovanni who, sharing Jem's gift for suffusing life with magic, fantasy with life, becomes Alice's very own dangerous Sarastro, holding the talisman...

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Review:

"A work written with authority and ease . . . "Temples of Delight "celebrates imagination in fiction and in life." --"New York Times Book Review"

"As lush and original as it is playful and ironic, "Temples of Delight "is a grown-up version of an adolescent fantasy . . . . It is quirky, wise and warm, full of charm and entirely original." --"San Francisco Chronicle"

"Barbara Trapido applies her sharp sense of social nuances and her dry wit to advance the proposition that love conquers all. [With] a light, sure touch . . . she manages to make the improbable surprisingly possible." --"The Wall Street Journal"

"Joyful and mysterious through and through . . . . It is modern and hip . . . and hides its depth in luxurious folds of humor." --"Los Angeles Times"

A work written with authority and ease . . . "Temples of Delight "celebrates imagination in fiction and in life. "New York Times Book Review"

As lush and original as it is playful and ironic, "Temples of Delight "is a grown-up version of an adolescent fantasy . . . . It is quirky, wise and warm, full of charm and entirely original. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Barbara Trapido applies her sharp sense of social nuances and her dry wit to advance the proposition that love conquers all. [With] a light, sure touch . . . she manages to make the improbable surprisingly possible. "The Wall Street Journal"

Joyful and mysterious through and through . . . . It is modern and hip . . . and hides its depth in luxurious folds of humor. "Los Angeles Times""

A work written with authority and ease . . . Temples of Delight celebrates imagination in fiction and in life. New York Times Book Review

As lush and original as it is playful and ironic, Temples of Delight is a grown-up version of an adolescent fantasy . . . . It is quirky, wise and warm, full of charm and entirely original. San Francisco Chronicle

Barbara Trapido applies her sharp sense of social nuances and her dry wit to advance the proposition that love conquers all. [With] a light, sure touch . . . she manages to make the improbable surprisingly possible. The Wall Street Journal

Joyful and mysterious through and through . . . . It is modern and hip . . . and hides its depth in luxurious folds of humor. Los Angeles Times

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"A work written with authority and ease . . . Temples of Delight celebrates imagination in fiction and in life." --New York Times Book Review

"As lush and original as it is playful and ironic, Temples of Delight is a grown-up version of an adolescent fantasy . . . . It is quirky, wise and warm, full of charm and entirely original." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Barbara Trapido applies her sharp sense of social nuances and her dry wit to advance the proposition that love conquers all. [With] a light, sure touch . . . she manages to make the improbable surprisingly possible." --The Wall Street Journal

"Joyful and mysterious through and through . . . . It is modern and hip . . . and hides its depth in luxurious folds of humor." --Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Barbara Trapido was born and educated in South Africa and came to London in 1963. She now lives in Oxford with her family.

Her first novel, Brother of the More Famous Jack, was awarded a special prize for fiction at the Whitbread Awards of 1982;her second novel, Noah's Ark, was published in 1985. Temples of Delight is her third novel and was shortlisted for The Sunday Express Book of the Year Award in 1990. Juggling, a sequel to this book, is also published by Penguin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140159533
• ISBN 13: 9780140159530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368