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The Silent Land

The Silent Land

by Graham Joyce (Author)

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    Hardcover 2010

    $7.71
Synopsis

A young couple are caught in an avalanche during a ski-ing holiday in the French Alps. They struggle back to the village and find it deserted. As the days go by they wait for rescue, then try to leave. But each time they find themselves back in the village. And, increasingly, they are plagued by visions and dreams and the realization that perhaps no-one could have survived the avalanche. THE SILENT LAND is a brooding and tender look at love and whether it can survive the greatest challenge we will ever face.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 18 Nov 2010
ISBN 10: 0575083891
ISBN 13: 9780575083899
Book Overview: The haunting new literary fantasy from the (actual) author of MEMOIRS OF A MASTER FORGER.

Media Reviews
Brave and ultimately heartbreaking. . . . A classic in the making. -- The Washington Post I won't bother saying Graham Joyce deserves to find a wide audience in America; rather, I think the American audience deserves to discover him. --Jonathan Lethem Graham Joyce's near-perfect novella of near-death experience, isolation, and winter cold is a tour de force. . . . A study in classic supernatural fiction. -- The Independent (London) Stark, layered, ominous and . . . appealing. -- The New York Times Joyce's crisp prose, transparent as ice crystals, is the perfect medium for Jake and Zoe's tale. Emotion-laden yet unsentimental, unflinchingly attuned to the fluencies of love, The Silent Land brings us to the brink of death and gives a glimpse of the unfathomable beauty lying beyond. -- The Seattle Times As engaging as a twisted fireside yarn and paced almost as quickly. -- Los Angeles Times Mesmerizing. . . . This is a lean, philosophically sophisticated book, and Joyce's ability to slip into its short length heady meditations on love, death, and the state of contemporary society is a measure of his craftiness. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch [An] eerie, wintry fable. . . . Delivers a chilling thrill. . . . Perfect for a Sunday afternoon as the dusk begins to fall. -- The Scotsman A book as crisp as new snow. . . . Compelling. . . . You'll laugh, albeit nervously; you'll cry, unless you're completely heartless; you'll give your nearest and dearest hugs without really being able to explain why you're so glad to see them--really, what more do you want from a novel? --SFX.com I became a rabidly devoted fan of Graham Joyce's the first time I read is work. --Peter Straub [Graham Joyce] is one of those writers who make traditional literary distinctions-horror versus fantasy, genre versus mainstream-seem not only trivial, but irrelevant as well. . . .
Author Bio

Graham Joyce is the award-winning author of numerous short story collections and novels, including The Tooth Fairy, Smoking Poppy, The Facts of Life, The Limits of Enchantment, The Silent Land, Some Kind of Fairy Tale and The Year of the Ladybird.

He won the British Fantasy Award six times, and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2003 for The Facts of Life. He also won the O Henry Award.

In addition to his own writing, he taught a writing course at Nottingham Trent University.

He died in September 2014.