The Mandelbaum Gate

Autori

• Muriel Spark

Parametri

Pagine

400pagine

Tempo di lettura

14ore

• Classici
• Letteratura britannica
• Narrativa
• Prosa storica
• Scozia

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1961. While on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, English teacher Barbara Vaughan becomes intent on joining her archaeologist fiance Harry, who is working on the site of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ignoring warnings not to cross the Mandelbaum Gate - the boundary between Israel and Jordan and the division between an old land and a new land - she enlists the assistance of British diplomat Freddy Hamilton and Arab contacts. An exotic and extravagant tale of abduction, espionage and pilgrimage.This is one of the 22 novels written by Muriel Spark in her lifetime. All are being published by Polygon in hardback Centenary Editions between November 2017 and September 2018.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2018

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