The Rose Grower
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: 1st aus ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Set against the turbulent backdrop of revolutionary France in the 1790s, this richly atmospheric historical novel chronicles the intertwined lives of a small community in the Gascon countryside as the upheavals of the Terror reach even the most remote corners of the country. Michelle de Kretser weaves together the stories of a rose grower, a doctor, a widow, and a ghost — yes, a ghost — whose quiet observations lend the narrative a gently ironic and otherworldly tone. The novel presents the personal and the political in elegant tension, illustrating how ordinary desires for love, beauty, and belonging persist even as history convulses around them. Written with lyrical precision and a wry, understated wit, it rewards readers who appreciate literary fiction that is as intellectually engaging as it is emotionally resonant.
Author: Michelle De Kretser
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, Knopf, Sydney
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st aus ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Set against the turbulent backdrop of revolutionary France in the 1790s, this richly atmospheric historical novel chronicles the intertwined lives of a small community in the Gascon countryside as the upheavals of the Terror reach even the most remote corners of the country. Michelle de Kretser weaves together the stories of a rose grower, a doctor, a widow, and a ghost — yes, a ghost — whose quiet observations lend the narrative a gently ironic and otherworldly tone. The novel presents the personal and the political in elegant tension, illustrating how ordinary desires for love, beauty, and belonging persist even as history convulses around them. Written with lyrical precision and a wry, understated wit, it rewards readers who appreciate literary fiction that is as intellectually engaging as it is emotionally resonant.