The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood

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Shortlisted for the Sunday Times PFD Young Writer of the Year Award and the Encore Prize'Stunning... Wood has created one of the most moving and human characters in recent fiction' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station ElevenThe mesmerising new novel from the acclaimed author of The Bellwether Revivals: a rich and immersive story of love, obsession, creativity and disintegration.On a forested island off the coast of Istanbul stands Portmantle, a refuge for beleaguered artists. There, a curious assembly of painters, architects, writers and musicians strive to restore their faded talents. Elspeth 'Knell' Conroy is a celebrated painter who has fled the dizzying art scene of 1960s London; on the island, she spends her nights wrestling with her elusive masterpiece. Then a disaffected teenager named Fullerton arrives at the refuge and disrupts its routines. He is plagued by nightmares that steer him into danger, and Knell is left to pick apart the chilling mystery: where did the boy come from, what is 'The Ecliptic', and how does it relate to their abandoned lives in England? Book Information Format: Paperback Published: 01/03/2016 Category: Fiction Pages: 496 Dimensions: 198 x 129mm Note: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged. Show more