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''' Quarantine ''' (1997) is a novel by [[Jim Crace]]. | ''' Quarantine ''' (1997) is a novel by [[Jim Crace]]. | ||
==Abstract== | |||
Winner of the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award tells the story of four travelers who enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. They encounter the evil merchant, Musa, who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for 40 days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles. | |||
==Editions and translations== | ==Editions and translations== | ||
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* [[Il diavolo nel deserto (1998 Crace), novel (Italian ed.)]] | * [[Il diavolo nel deserto (1998 Crace), novel (Italian ed.)]] | ||
== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_(Jim_Crace_novel) Wikipedia] | |||
[[Category:Fiction]] [[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Fiction]] [[Category:Literature|1997 Crace]] | ||
[[Category:English language]] | [[Category:Novels|1997 Crace]] | ||
[[Category:Made in the 1990s]] | [[Category:English language|1997 Crace]] | ||
[[Category:Jesus of Nazareth (subject)]] | [[Category:Made in the 1990s|1997 Crace]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:53, 20 December 2009
Quarantine (1997) is a novel by Jim Crace.
Abstract
Winner of the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award tells the story of four travelers who enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. They encounter the evil merchant, Musa, who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for 40 days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles.
Editions and translations
Published in England (London: Hall, 1997) and the United States (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997). Translated into Croatian, Japanese, Korean, Serbian tr., Hebrew, and German.