The Book of Human Skin

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ISBN-10:

140880588X

ISBN-13:

9781408805886

Author(s): MICHELLE LOVRIC
Released: Jan 01, 2000
Format: Paperback, 500 pages
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Description:

Midday, 13th May, 1784: An earthquake in Peru tears up the white streets of Arequipa. As the dust settles, a young girl with fanaticism already branded on her face arrives at the devastated convent of Santa Catalina. At the same moment, oceans away in Venice, the infant Minguillo Fasan tears his way out of his mother's womb.Michelle Lovric is the author of three novels - Carnevale, The Floating Book (winner of a London Arts Award and chosen as a WH Smith Read of the Week) and The Remedy (longlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction) - as well as two children's novels, The Undrowned Child and The Mourning Emporium. Born in Australia, she now lives in London and Venice.


























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