Alone with their authoritarian father on an immense estate surrounded by a forest, a pair of siblings speak a language and inhabit a universe of their own making. When their father commits suicide, they are forced into contact with the villagers beyond the enclosure and their cloak of romance and superstition quickly falls away to reveal not only the startling truth about themselves, but the startling truth about the world to them.
Balancing naiveté with carnality, Soucy creates a powerfully gripping story where nothing is as it first seems. His surprising twists and fascination with guilt, cruelty, and violence make this story a resounding triumph.
- ISBN10 1487001339
- ISBN13 9781487001339
- Publish Date 22 September 2016 (first published 14 November 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- Edition Third Edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 124
- Language English