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THE PALE SURFACE OF THINGS -Book (novel, set on Crete)
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SYNOPSIS |
FROM THE AUTHOR |
A fast-moving novel in a Cretan village, -- kidnaps and killings,
prayers and healing, ethics and ritual, and a darned good tale...
CRETE — an archaeologist’s dream-land, with sedimentary
layers of oppressors and resisters...
LEFKA ORI, the fabled white mountains, where
people in trouble have fled for centuries...
VRAHO, a village on Lefka Ori divided by water rights
and by wounds left over from World War II...
Fr. DIMITRIOS, following his grandfather’s way
as Vraho’s village priest for reasons he has yet to discover...
Into this world comes . . . . .
DOUGLAS WATKINS, mindlessly slipping down the path of easy opportunity, with no thought of goals or ethics or consequences, and no one’s life remains unchanged.
CREDITS |
BEST BOOK 2007 Reward - in the Multicultural Fiction category.
The award is presented by USA Book News.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
• Format: Book |
• Binding: Softcover |
• Classification: Fiction, Drama |
• Language: English |
• Pages: 337 |
• Author: Janey Bennett |
• Publications: Hopeace Press, Victoria BC Canada 2007 |
• Release: June 1, 2007 |
REVIEWS |
"Superb imagination. Wonderful interweaving. High moral principles. Good reading for everyone."
—Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto Canada
"The Pale Surface of Things resonates with vitality and authenticity. The story is suspenseful and the dialogue reflects the true voices of the villages of Crete."
—Harry Mark Petrakis, A Dream of Kings and Legends of Glory
"Pale surface has it all....and through it all, a solid optimism about the strength of the human spirit."
—Catherine Gray, Web editor-in-chief, Canadian Living Magazine
ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Janey Bennett grew up in San Diego, the daughter of an English professor whose love of literature shaped Janey’s early life.
She graduated from UCLA and has enjoyed colorful and varied careers, from radio announcer to horse trainer and drama critic. She spent five winters teaching English to Buddhist nuns in Thailand.
Her writings on architecture have been published in the United States and Finland, where she held a Fulbright research fellowship. She has been writing fiction for eight years.
"THE PALE SURFACE OF THINGS", is Bennett’s first novel, leading her into the study of classical Greek, Byzantine icon painting, geology, botany, the vernacular architecture and sociology of Greek villages, Minoan culture and art, the science of archaeology, World War II on Crete, and criminal law in Greece.
A cellist, freelance editor, and author, Bennett divides her time between Bellingham, WA and Hornby Island, BC.
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