Read Ignorance - Books Library

Ignorance

Michèle Roberts

4.9/5 (32647 ratings)

Description:A stunning war-time novel set in France from Booker-shortlisted author Michèle Roberts.After every war there are stories that are locked away like bluebottles in drawers and kept silent. But sometimes the past can return: in the smell of carbolic soap, in whispers darting through a village after mass, in the colour of an undelivered letter.Jeanne Nerin and Marie-Angèle Baudry grow up, side by side yet apart, in the village of Ste Madeleine. Marie-Angèle is the daughter of the grocer, inflated with ideas of her own piety and rightful place in society. Jeanne's mother washes clothes for a living. She used to be a Jew until this became too dangerous. Jeanne does not think twice about grasping the slender chances life throws at her. Marie-Angèle does not grasp; she aspires to a future of comfort and influence.When war falls out of the sky, along with it tumbles a new, grown-up world. The village must think on its feet, play its part in a game for which no one knows the rules. Not even the dubious hero with 'business contacts' who sweeps Marie-Angèle off her feet. Not even the reclusive artist living alone with his sensual, red canvases. In these uncertain times, the enemy may be hiding in your garden shed and the truth is all too easily buried under a pyramid of recriminations.Michèle Roberts's new novel is a mesmerising exploration of guilt, faith, desire and judgment, bringing to life a people at war in a way that is at once lyrical and shocking.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ignorance. To get started finding Ignorance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 240

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1408816008

Description: A stunning war-time novel set in France from Booker-shortlisted author Michèle Roberts.After every war there are stories that are locked away like bluebottles in drawers and kept silent. But sometimes the past can return: in the smell of carbolic soap, in whispers darting through a village after mass, in the colour of an undelivered letter.Jeanne Nerin and Marie-Angèle Baudry grow up, side by side yet apart, in the village of Ste Madeleine. Marie-Angèle is the daughter of the grocer, inflated with ideas of her own piety and rightful place in society. Jeanne's mother washes clothes for a living. She used to be a Jew until this became too dangerous. Jeanne does not think twice about grasping the slender chances life throws at her. Marie-Angèle does not grasp; she aspires to a future of comfort and influence.When war falls out of the sky, along with it tumbles a new, grown-up world. The village must think on its feet, play its part in a game for which no one knows the rules. Not even the dubious hero with 'business contacts' who sweeps Marie-Angèle off her feet. Not even the reclusive artist living alone with his sensual, red canvases. In these uncertain times, the enemy may be hiding in your garden shed and the truth is all too easily buried under a pyramid of recriminations.Michèle Roberts's new novel is a mesmerising exploration of guilt, faith, desire and judgment, bringing to life a people at war in a way that is at once lyrical and shocking.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ignorance. To get started finding Ignorance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Ignorance

Ignorance

More Books

Colette: My Literary Mother

Colette: My Literary Mother

Daughters of the House

Daughters of the House

The Walworth Beauty

The Walworth Beauty

Typhoon: ‘A dramatic story of family intrigue, religious passions and riproaring romance’ Michele Roberts (Holy Woman Book 2)

Typhoon: ‘A dramatic story of family intrigue, religious passions and riproaring romance’ Michele Roberts (Holy Woman Book 2)

Summary & Study Guide Daughters of the House by Michele Roberts

Summary & Study Guide Daughters of the House by Michele Roberts

The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michele Roberts and Angela Carter (Genus: Gender in Modern Culture, 11)

The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michele Roberts and Angela Carter (Genus: Gender in Modern Culture, 11)

The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene

The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Negative Capability: A Diary of Surviving

Negative Capability: A Diary of Surviving

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary