- Title:
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Missing the Midnight
- Written by:
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Jane Gardam
- Read by:
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Anna Bentinck
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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4
- Duration:
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4 hours 46 minutes
- Published:
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November 01 2015
- Available Date:
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November 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489078360
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Short Stories & Anthologies
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
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'Magic of the genteel English kind.'
The Sunday Times
Jane Gardam weaves strange and magical occurrences into the fabric of beautifully realised lives in this stunning short story collection.
Jane Gardam reveals again her brilliant diversity and deep understanding of the human condition.
In 'Light', an evocative, lyrical piece of magic realism, a beautiful Himalayan girl defies the destiny laid out for her by her mother but in so doing destroys the village in which she was born.
In 'Missing the Midnight', a young woman, having failed her exams and lost the man she loves, journeys home on Christmas Eve to the family she despises.
In 'Grace' an apparently ordinary man lives his whole life with a diamond under his skin at the back of his neck and dies when it is finally removed.
'Missing the Midnight shows off Gardam's talents: her glittering use of colour; her unfussed, economical use of the telling detail.'
The Daily Telegraph
'This is a collection to unwrap slowly and carefully.'
The Guardian