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This Other Eden
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A testament of love . . . so real it could make you weep - NEW YORK TIMES
Masterful . . . has much to say to our times - Guardian
Begs to be read - Spectator
A luminous, thought-provoking novel - Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black
In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. More than a century later, the Honeys' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. But during one tumultuous summer at the dawn of the twentieth century, one prejudiced missionary lands on the island's shores, disrupting the community's fragile balance with everlasting consequences.
Full of lyricism and power, Paul Harding's This Other Eden explores the hopes and dreams and resilience of those seen not to fit a world brutally intolerant of difference.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804940853
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 164g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Paul Harding is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers, and Enon. He teaches at the MFA in Creative Writing & Literature at Stony Brook University, and lives on Long Island, New York.
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