by Rose Tremain · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467233926
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«El color» is the historical novel by Rose Tremain, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (452 pages, in Spanish).
In the mid-nineteenth century, the English couple Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate to New Zealand to start anew. Near Christchurch, the harshness of the land and the discovery of gold unleash Joseph's obsession, who hides the find and abandons his wife. Harriet, desolate, sets out in search of him and experiences a turn that changes her fate.
Novel shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2004; translated by Ignasi Ribó, original title «The colour».
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in emigration, rural life, and the gold rush in New Zealand.
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).
