Ghost wall
by Moss, Sarah
Teenage Silvie is living in a remote Northumberland camp as an exercise in experimental archaeology. Her father is an abusive man, obsessed with recreating the discomfort, brutality and harshness of Iron Age life. Behind and ahead of Silvie's narrative is a story of a bog girl, a young woman sacrificed by those closest to her, and the landscape both keeps and reveals the secrets of past violence and ritual as the hot summer builds to its harrowing climax.--Provided by publisher.
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- Full title :Ghost wall / Sarah Moss
Summary
Teenage Silvie is living in a remote Northumberland camp as an exercise in experimental archaeology. Her father is an abusive man, obsessed with recreating the discomfort, brutality and harshness of Iron Age life. Behind and ahead of Silvie's narrative is a story of a bog girl, a young woman sacrificed by those closest to her, and the landscape both keeps and reveals the secrets of past violence and ritual as the hot summer builds to its harrowing climax.--Provided by publisher.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2018.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Granta Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018.
The Physical Object
- Description:152 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781783784455, 1783784458
- oclc:on1019991488
- LC Classification:PR6113.O88
- Dewey Decimal:823.92
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