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A Far Country
By
Daniel Mason and
Anne Twomey (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
March 6, 2007
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739341865
ISBN-10
0739341863
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 5 in.
Weight
0.38 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When drought and war threaten their land and her brother Isaias leaves their remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation to seek a better life in a southern city, fourteen-year-old Isabel, a young girl born with the gift of sight, follows him, only to find that he has vanished and embarks on quest through the teeming and chaotic city to find him. Simultaneous.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the best-selling author of The Piano Tuner, a stunning new audio about a young girlâs journey through a vast, unnamed country in search of her brother.
Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, fourteen-year-old Isabel was born with the gift and curse of âseeing farther.â When drought and war grip the backlands, her brother Isaias joins a great exodus to a teeming city in the south. Soon Isabel must follow, forsaking the only home sheâs ever known, her sole consolation the thought of being with her brother again. But when she arrives, she discovers that Isaias has disappeared. Weeks and then months pass, until one day, armed only with her unshakable hope, she descends into the chaos of the city to find him.
Told with astonishing empathy, and strikingly visual, the story of Isabelâs questâher dignity and determination, her deeply spiritual worldâis a universal tale about the bonds of family and a sisterâs love for her brother, about journeys and longing, survival and true heroism.
Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, fourteen-year-old Isabel was born with the gift and curse of âseeing farther.â When drought and war grip the backlands, her brother Isaias joins a great exodus to a teeming city in the south. Soon Isabel must follow, forsaking the only home sheâs ever known, her sole consolation the thought of being with her brother again. But when she arrives, she discovers that Isaias has disappeared. Weeks and then months pass, until one day, armed only with her unshakable hope, she descends into the chaos of the city to find him.
Told with astonishing empathy, and strikingly visual, the story of Isabelâs questâher dignity and determination, her deeply spiritual worldâis a universal tale about the bonds of family and a sisterâs love for her brother, about journeys and longing, survival and true heroism.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (June 7, 2007)
9780786295357 | details & prices | 391 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $30.95
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (March 6, 2007)
9780375414664 | details & prices | 267 pages | 6.25 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.00
About: When drought and war threaten their land and her brother Isaias leaves their remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation to seek a better life in a southern city, fourteen-year-old Isabel follows him, only to find that he has vanished.
About: When drought and war threaten their land and her brother Isaias leaves their remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation to seek a better life in a southern city, fourteen-year-old Isabel follows him, only to find that he has vanished.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (March 11, 2008)
9781400030392 | details & prices | 267 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.95
About: From the bestselling author of The Piano Tuner, a stunning novel about a young girlâs journey through a vast, unnamed country in search of her brother.
About: From the bestselling author of The Piano Tuner, a stunning novel about a young girlâs journey through a vast, unnamed country in search of her brother.
CD/Spoken Word
from Pan Macmillan (March 16, 2007)
9781405088671 | details & prices | List price $21.80
About: Throughout their childhood in the dusty cane fields of Saint Michael, Isabel and her older brother Isaias have been inseparable.
About: Throughout their childhood in the dusty cane fields of Saint Michael, Isabel and her older brother Isaias have been inseparable.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Anne Twomey (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Random House (March 6, 2007)
9780739341865 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.38 lbs | List price $29.95
About: When drought and war threaten their land and her brother Isaias leaves their remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation to seek a better life in a southern city, fourteen-year-old Isabel follows him, only to find that he has vanished.
About: When drought and war threaten their land and her brother Isaias leaves their remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation to seek a better life in a southern city, fourteen-year-old Isabel follows him, only to find that he has vanished.
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