by Barry Unsworth · Windmill Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099534549
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«Land of Marvels» is the historical novel by Barry Unsworth, published by Windmill Books in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Set in Mesopotamia before the First World War, it follows British archaeologist John Somerville in his excavations, where imperial ambitions, economic interests and political intrigues endanger his work and his idealism. The novel contrasts the desire to preserve the past with the destructive forces of the present.
Barry Unsworth was a Booker Prize winner, a distinction that appears on the cover. The work was originally published in 2009 and this Windmill Books edition came out in 2010.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in archaeology, the Middle East and British narrative.
Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.
