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Muriel Barbery and
Alison Anderson (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Europa Editions Inc
Publication date
February 9, 2016
Pages
258
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781609453152
ISBN-10
1609453158
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 9 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Original list price
$17.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1) | The Little Red Chairs | The Noise of Time | The Queen of the Night | Arcadia | The High Mountains of Portugal | My Name Is Lucy Barton | The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Gourmet Rhapsody
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: An inspiring literary fantasy about two gifted girls from the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Life of Elves sings of the human spirit and conveys a message of hope and faith.Â
Muriel Barbery's new novel is the first of two books about Maria and Clara, unforgettable heroines of a world facing annihilation. Animated by a large cast of endearing characters, it is a timeless story about the forces of good and evil and a moving meditation on the power of nature, music, art, storytelling, and love.
When the harmony between living beings turns to discord, the seasons will be loosed from their moorings and the natural world thrown into disarray; human beingsâno longer capable of feeling either empathy or enchantmentâwill abandon themselves to hate, violence, and war.
An epic battle between forces that wish to reestablish harmony in the world and those that wish to shatter it definitively is being waged on earth and in the mysterious land of mist, where the elves dwell. A ragtag army of rural peasants gathers in readiness for the fightâtheir weapons, an age-old kinship with the land and an affinity for magic. But humankind cannot hope to win this battle alone. Victory depends on help from the inhabitants of a world that is hidden from human sight. Hope rests with Maria and Clara, two girls whose prodigious artistic talents and deep connections with nature make communion with the numinous realm possible.
Muriel Barbery's new novel is the first of two books about Maria and Clara, unforgettable heroines of a world facing annihilation. Animated by a large cast of endearing characters, it is a timeless story about the forces of good and evil and a moving meditation on the power of nature, music, art, storytelling, and love.
When the harmony between living beings turns to discord, the seasons will be loosed from their moorings and the natural world thrown into disarray; human beingsâno longer capable of feeling either empathy or enchantmentâwill abandon themselves to hate, violence, and war.
An epic battle between forces that wish to reestablish harmony in the world and those that wish to shatter it definitively is being waged on earth and in the mysterious land of mist, where the elves dwell. A ragtag army of rural peasants gathers in readiness for the fightâtheir weapons, an age-old kinship with the land and an affinity for magic. But humankind cannot hope to win this battle alone. Victory depends on help from the inhabitants of a world that is hidden from human sight. Hope rests with Maria and Clara, two girls whose prodigious artistic talents and deep connections with nature make communion with the numinous realm possible.
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Paperback
from Gardners Books (March 1, 2016)
9781910477212 | details & prices | List price $20.10
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With Alison Anderson (other contributor) |
from Europa Editions Inc (February 9, 2016)
9781609453152 | details & prices | 258 pages | 5.50 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $17.00
About: An inspiring literary fantasy about two gifted girls from the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Life of Elves sings of the human spirit and conveys a message of hope and faith.
About: An inspiring literary fantasy about two gifted girls from the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Life of Elves sings of the human spirit and conveys a message of hope and faith.
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