Lie Down in Me
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket has a rim of dust at top of jacket edge (2mm uniform across top of jacket). Foxing on top of block.Light tanning that extends 1cm into all pages. Previous Owners name on front end page - written in blue and 3.5cm long x 0.5cm tall. Condition now stored in plastic sleeve.
Set against the sun-baked, unforgiving landscape of Mexico, Lie Down in Me is the poignant story of a young cabrero (goatherd) who, in defiance of his family, his church, and his community, married a beautiful Indian girl with a mysterious, unhealing wound. Their love was profound but simple—a quiet bond that the rigid world around them could never truly understand. When his wife passes away, the cabrero begins a grueling journey to find her a proper burial place. As he travels through a society that has shunned him, his physical trials become a spiritual pilgrimage. Through his suffering, he uncovers the true magnitude of his passion and learns a difficult path toward grace, eventually finding a way to help the very community that once rejected him. In this powerful debut novel, Andrew Jolly weaves a tale of devotion so deep that it transcends death itself. Will the cabrero find a final resting place for his love, or will the weight of his grief become a grave of its own?
Author: Andrew Jolly
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, New English Library (NEL)
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket has a rim of dust at top of jacket edge (2mm uniform across top of jacket). Foxing on top of block.Light tanning that extends 1cm into all pages. Previous Owners name on front end page - written in blue and 3.5cm long x 0.5cm tall. Condition now stored in plastic sleeve.
Set against the sun-baked, unforgiving landscape of Mexico, Lie Down in Me is the poignant story of a young cabrero (goatherd) who, in defiance of his family, his church, and his community, married a beautiful Indian girl with a mysterious, unhealing wound. Their love was profound but simple—a quiet bond that the rigid world around them could never truly understand. When his wife passes away, the cabrero begins a grueling journey to find her a proper burial place. As he travels through a society that has shunned him, his physical trials become a spiritual pilgrimage. Through his suffering, he uncovers the true magnitude of his passion and learns a difficult path toward grace, eventually finding a way to help the very community that once rejected him. In this powerful debut novel, Andrew Jolly weaves a tale of devotion so deep that it transcends death itself. Will the cabrero find a final resting place for his love, or will the weight of his grief become a grave of its own?