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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
January 24, 2017
Pages
384
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385352888
ISBN-10
0385352883
Dimensions
1.06 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Original list price
$26.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A haunting, gloriously imagined novel by the acclaimed author of History of a Pleasure Seeker (âa classicâ âThe Washington Post), set in early twentieth-century colonial Cape Town, and a forest full of witch doctors, stingless bees, and hungry leopards.
It is 1914. Germany has just declared war on France. Piet Barol was a tutor before he came to South Africa, his wife, Stacey, an opera singer. In Cape Town they are living the high life, impersonating French aristocratsâbut their lies are catching up with them.
The Barolsâ furniture business is on the verge of collapse. They need top-quality wood, and they need it cheap. Piet enlists two Xhosa [pron. KO-sa] men to lead him into a vast forest, in search of a fabled tree.
The Natives Land Act has just abolished property rights for the majority of black South Africans, and whole families have been ripped apart. Pietâs guides have their own reasons to lead him through the trees, and to keep him alive while heâs useful to them.
Far from the comforting certainties of his privileged existence, Piet finds the prospect of riches beyond measureâand the chance to make great art. He is sure heâll be able to buy what he needs for a few glass trinkets. But heâs underestimating the Xhosa, who believe the spirits of their ancestors live in this sacred forest.
Battle lines are drawn. When Pietâs powers of persuasion fail him, he resorts to darker, more dangerous talents to get what he is determined to have. As the story moves to its devastating conclusion, every character becomes a suspect, and Pietâs arrogance and guile put him on a collision course with forces he cannot understand and that threaten his seemingly enchanted existence.
It is 1914. Germany has just declared war on France. Piet Barol was a tutor before he came to South Africa, his wife, Stacey, an opera singer. In Cape Town they are living the high life, impersonating French aristocratsâbut their lies are catching up with them.
The Barolsâ furniture business is on the verge of collapse. They need top-quality wood, and they need it cheap. Piet enlists two Xhosa [pron. KO-sa] men to lead him into a vast forest, in search of a fabled tree.
The Natives Land Act has just abolished property rights for the majority of black South Africans, and whole families have been ripped apart. Pietâs guides have their own reasons to lead him through the trees, and to keep him alive while heâs useful to them.
Far from the comforting certainties of his privileged existence, Piet finds the prospect of riches beyond measureâand the chance to make great art. He is sure heâll be able to buy what he needs for a few glass trinkets. But heâs underestimating the Xhosa, who believe the spirits of their ancestors live in this sacred forest.
Battle lines are drawn. When Pietâs powers of persuasion fail him, he resorts to darker, more dangerous talents to get what he is determined to have. As the story moves to its devastating conclusion, every character becomes a suspect, and Pietâs arrogance and guile put him on a collision course with forces he cannot understand and that threaten his seemingly enchanted existence.
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from Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 24, 2017)
9780385352888 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.06 in. | List price $26.95
About: A haunting, gloriously imagined novel by the acclaimed author of History of a Pleasure Seeker (âa classicâ âThe Washington Post), set in early twentieth-century colonial Cape Town, and a forest full of witch doctors, stingless bees, and hungry leopards.
About: A haunting, gloriously imagined novel by the acclaimed author of History of a Pleasure Seeker (âa classicâ âThe Washington Post), set in early twentieth-century colonial Cape Town, and a forest full of witch doctors, stingless bees, and hungry leopards.
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