The Hidden
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2009
Faber & Faber (Hersteller)
978-0-571-25024-0 (ISBN)
Faber & Faber (Hersteller)
978-0-571-25024-0 (ISBN)
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In Sparta, southern Greece, a close-knit group search for the buried traces of a formidable ancient power. A latecomer, Ben Mercer is thrilled by the possibility of acceptance. Ben gradually wins his way into the circle. But there is more to the group than he understands, and Ben finds out too late that some things should remain hidden.
In Sparta, southern Greece, a close-knit group search for the buried traces of a formidable ancient power. A latecomer, Ben Mercer finds himself drawn to their brilliance and charisma: to the double-edged friendship of his countryman Jason, the unsettling beauty of the women, Natsuko and Eleschen, and the menace of Max and Eberhard, who idealise the extremes of the ancient Spartans. Thrilled by the possibility of acceptance and excited by the dangerous games they play, Ben gradually wins his way into the circle. But there is more to the group than he understands, and Ben finds out too late that some things should remain hidden. He must decide where his loyalties lie - before the decision is taken for him. Written with astonishing grace and power, "The Hidden" is a novel about the secrets we keep, the ties that bind us and the true cost of fulfilling our desires.
In Sparta, southern Greece, a close-knit group search for the buried traces of a formidable ancient power. A latecomer, Ben Mercer finds himself drawn to their brilliance and charisma: to the double-edged friendship of his countryman Jason, the unsettling beauty of the women, Natsuko and Eleschen, and the menace of Max and Eberhard, who idealise the extremes of the ancient Spartans. Thrilled by the possibility of acceptance and excited by the dangerous games they play, Ben gradually wins his way into the circle. But there is more to the group than he understands, and Ben finds out too late that some things should remain hidden. He must decide where his loyalties lie - before the decision is taken for him. Written with astonishing grace and power, "The Hidden" is a novel about the secrets we keep, the ties that bind us and the true cost of fulfilling our desires.
Tobias Hill was born in London. In 2003 the TLS nominated him as one the best young writers in Britain: in 2004 he was selected as one of the country's Next Generation poets and shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His collection of stories Skin won the PEN-Macmillan Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize. The Cryptographer, his third novel, was called 'supremely elegant' in the Sunday Times.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.1.2009 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-571-25024-6 / 0571250246 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-25024-0 / 9780571250240 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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