- Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Fiction, christian, futuristic, Man-woman relationships, fiction
Called to perform missionary work on a world light years away where the natives are fascinated by the concepts he introduces, man of faith Peter Leigh finds his beliefs tested when he learns of natural disasters that are tearing Earth apart.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Michel Faber
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 585
- Publisher
- Kein + Aber, Canongate Books, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780553418866
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