In her cottage in the rain-drenched French countryside, an old woman receives an unexpected visitor: a boy whispering in an unfamiliar language, and bringing sheaves of paper, the letters and jottings of her youngest son. Some time ago her son had done as she had told him, and left to seek his fortune on a Caribbean island. Once there, the promised wealth disastrously eluded him. Soon, not far from the old woman's cottage, the locals see a mysterious stranger, with a boy and a dog, carrying planks into the woods to build a place to live, perhaps a place to die...
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Hardback Editions
February 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The House in the Forest Author(s): Michèle Desbordes ISBN: 0-571-21778-8 / 978-0-571-21778-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The House in the Forest Author(s): Michèle Desbordes ISBN: 0-571-21779-6 / 978-0-571-21779-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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