The Opposing Shore
by
Julien Gracq
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1846559294
ISBN-13
9781846559297
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
The Harvill Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 2014
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
306 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)War & combat fiction
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The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is three hundred years since it was actively at war with its traditional enemy two days' sail across the water, the savage land of Farghestan - a slumbering but by no means extinct volcano.
The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is three hundred years since it was actively at war with its traditional enemy two days'' sail across the water, the savage land of Farghestan - a slumbering but by no means extinct volcano. The narrator of this story, Aldo, a world-weary young aristocrat, is posted to the coast of Syrtes, where the Admiralty keeps the seas constantly patrolled to defend the demarcation between the two powers still officially at war. His duties are to be the eyes and ears of the Signory, to report back any rumours of interest to the State. Goaded, however, by his mistress, Vanessa Aldobrandi, he takes a patrol boat across the boundary to within cannon-shot of the Farghestani coastal batteries. The age-old undeclared truce is no more than a boil ripe to be lanced.
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