Black Dirt
Black Dirt
With characters as diverse Christ, the red-breasted robin and kings Arthur and Alfred, BLACK DIRT is the story of Frank – and the stories he tells George and Margaret, his adult children. Frank, lying ill in bed, finds his dying dreams haunted by figures from his childhood: his parents, and his older sister Iris, whose existence – and terrible crime – he has spent long years struggling to forget. Margaret gathers together the random fragments of his recollections and tries to piece together the past -- while George, who has never quite grown-up, struggles to remember even recent events.
Revealing the dark and sinister shadows that can shape a child's imagination, BLACK DIRT is a haunting tale of a father and his family, told, like the layering of the earth, in different tones and textures.
9780330426404
Leyshon, Nell
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6 May 2005
Leyshon, Nell
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Leyshon, Nell
(2005)
Black Dirt
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London, UK.
Picador, 192pp.
Abstract
With characters as diverse Christ, the red-breasted robin and kings Arthur and Alfred, BLACK DIRT is the story of Frank – and the stories he tells George and Margaret, his adult children. Frank, lying ill in bed, finds his dying dreams haunted by figures from his childhood: his parents, and his older sister Iris, whose existence – and terrible crime – he has spent long years struggling to forget. Margaret gathers together the random fragments of his recollections and tries to piece together the past -- while George, who has never quite grown-up, struggles to remember even recent events.
Revealing the dark and sinister shadows that can shape a child's imagination, BLACK DIRT is a haunting tale of a father and his family, told, like the layering of the earth, in different tones and textures.
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Published date: 6 May 2005
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Local EPrints ID: 49181
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/49181
ISBN: 9780330426404
PURE UUID: a8d65284-2ec8-43be-a5c8-bcc471a4b844
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Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 20:56
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