Voice of the Fire

Voice of the Fire
- In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim, a fisherman who believes he has become a different species, a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire, a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition, an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic, two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each interconnected tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land.
- In the tradition of Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill, Schwob's Imaginary Lives, and Borges' A Universal History of Infamy, Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell, Lost Girls) travels through history blending truth and conjecture, in a novel that is dazzling, moving, sometimes tragic, but always mesmerizing.
- Now available in paperback for the first time in America! With an Introduction by Neil Gaiman, a signature of full-color plates by JosÃ© Villarrubia, and a cover design by Chip Kidd.
Country USA
Brand Top Shelf Productions
Manufacturer Top Shelf Productions
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2009-04-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 8601417806548

Country	USA
Brand	Top Shelf Productions
Manufacturer	Top Shelf Productions
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2009-04-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	8601417806548

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