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A carregar... The Unicorn Roadpor Martin Davies
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8580142 Very interesting and poignant tale of hope, loss and language. A group of people from different areas of Europe and Asia are travelling for various reasons. Amongst them; a scholar in search of unicorns, a menacing general with a secret, a young boy, an interpreter who speaks many languages, and a girl travelling to marry at the emperor's court. The unicorn road has the feel of an epic though only 300 pages in length, and enjoyed every word. I'm sure the story wll stay with me for some time. interesting fact:The Unicorn Road was apparently inspired by the woman's language;Nushu that died out in 2004. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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On the coast of southern Spain, an English father sits waiting for his son. It is many years since Benedict, then still a child, set out with the famous scholar Antioch on a mission to find and collect the mysterious beasts of the East. In all those years there has been no word, and the expedition is assumed lost. But the boy's father is not the only person asking questions on the harbourside that summer, and as he learns more about his son's companions, he comes to realise that the fate of the expedition has implications for people far richer and more powerful than himself. The Unicorn Road tells of a journey into the unknown and of the secret motives and hidden passions of those it brings together. When Benedict is befriended by the interpreter, Venn, he becomes embroiled in an exotic, dangerous adventure. It is a story of love and honour, greed and cruelty and, ultimately, about the power of words themselves. As magically evocative as an ancient silk painting, The Unicorn Road is a novel of the medieval world which vividly and tenderly illuminates our own. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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