by Rose Tremain · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099425151
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«The Colour» is the historical novel by Rose Tremain, published by Vintage in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate to New Zealand in the nineteenth century with Lilian, his mother. Near Christchurch, Joseph finds gold in a stream and, obsessed, hides the discovery, abandons his family, and heads to the goldfields of the Southern Alps. Harriet embarks on her own journey toward an uncertain future.
It was shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize. English edition published by Vintage on April 29, 2004.
For readers of historical and literary fiction, interested in the nineteenth-century gold rush and stories about marriage and ambition.
Dame Rosemary Jane Tremain is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. She as been the recipient of many prizes for her writing, including the Giles Cooper Award (1984), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992), the Whitbread Award (1999) and the Orange Prize (2008).
