The mirror
Skinner, Richard, 1965-2014
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Erik Satie - composer, dandy, eccentric - is dead. Told to select one memory to take with him into the afterlife, he finds himself in limbo with a community of the deceased, looking back at his 59 years for its most precious moments. Venice, 1511. In the convent of Sant' Alvise, Oliva is about to take the veil and become a bride of Christ. When her world is shaken - first, literally, by an earthquake, and then, spiritually, by forces that threaten to change the convent for ever - she begins to ask questions about her faith and her future. Told with playful elegance, these are two utterly original tales of art and devotion, of religious and creative fervour.
Main title:
The mirror / by Richard Skinner.
Author:
Skinner, Richard, 1965-, author
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2014.
Collation:
300 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780571305070 (pbk)0571305075
Dewey class:
823.9'2823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
894922
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