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The Detour Author: Gerbrand Bakker

ISBN: 9781921844652 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 240 Published: 20 February 2012 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 13.7 x 1.8 Description: From the author of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winning bestseller The Twin

A woman abandons her home in the Netherlands without a word, leaving behind an impervious husband, mysti?ed parents, and an un?nished thesis on reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. Across the sea in Britain, she arrives at an isolated cottage in the shadow of a mountain. She settles there, alone in the ancient landscape, her only contact coming from animals she encounters, a handful of wary locals, and her poetry books. But what is she ?eeing? And will her new home provide redemption, or lead her further into darkness?

On a foggy afternoon, her solitude is shattered when an elusive young man jumps over her fence. Perhaps his vitality can deter the shadows, but in this uncanny place the line between kindness and betrayal is never clear. Meanwhile, the woman's husband is coming and time is running out.

Haunting and suspenseful, The Detour explores both the weakness and the commanding power of the ?esh. In the clear-eyed, uncompromising prose that we have come to expect from the award-winning Bakker, it asks: when our lives go ...

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