Distant Voices (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Barbara Erskine | knygos.lt

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In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a wide and vivid range of worlds and emotions, from love, romance, loneliness, grief, to betrayal, passion, adventure and compelling suspense. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past drawing her towards the truth… A nineteenth century parson’s daughter is caught up in the excitement and romance of a smuggling intrigue… A young boy from a deprived background finds his own haven in the wastelands of the inner city… Contemporary, historical, spooky, and humorous – there are over thirty delightful stories, each one guaranteed to capture the reader’s imagination, and all demonstrating Barbara Erskine’s unique powers as a storyteller.