In the Gold of Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780857386458)

Set between Normandy and Arizona, In the Gold of Time is a seductive tale of silences and dark, half-revealed secrets, and a haunting elegy for innocence lost in a lost world.

A young father holidays by the sea near Dieppe with his reproachfully perfect wife and their twin daughters. Returning from the local shop, he meets an eccentric old lady, Alice Berthier, who lives with he mute sister, ClÃ(c)mence. Their mysterious house is full of old photographs and strange objects - sacred ceremonial masks once belonging to the Hopi, a tribe of Native Americans from Arizona.

Haunted by memories of a tragic past, Alice takes comfort in her new companion, and he, in turn, is drawn into her mysterious world. As his family recedes into the background, her stirring tales of the Hopi and the Arizona desert become the only salve to his despondent soul.

Author: Claudie Gallay
ISBN-10: 085738645X
ISBN-13: 9780857386458
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2016
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d