Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson – The Life of Elves (EPUB) EPUB | 1.49 MB | 272 Pages
Title: The Life of Elves Author: Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson Language: English Publication date: 2019 Publisher: Europa Editions ISBN: 9781609453206 Subjects: Fiction, Literature, World Fiction, Fiction Subjects, Literary Fiction, French Fiction, Literary Styles & Movements – Fiction, 21st Century French Fiction, Fables & Allegories
A “beguiling fairy tale” by the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (The New York Times).
The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of snow that instantly transformed the landscape. Not in autumn, not here in Burgundy. And on the same night a baby was discovered, dark-eyed little Maria, who would transform all their lives.
Hundreds of miles away in the mountains of Abruzzo, another foundling, Clara, astonishes everyone with her extraordinary talent for piano playing. But her gifts go far beyond simple musicianship.
As a time of great danger looms, though the girls know nothing of each other, it is the bond that unites them and others like them which will ultimately offer the only chance for good to prevail in the world.
“Vivid imagery and a thread of mystery draw readers into the timeless and ethereal world of these young girls with a destiny to fulfill.”…
