Pure
- Author Andrew Miller
- Narrator Jonathan Aris
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Run Time 9 hours and 46 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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What to expect
WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD (2011)
A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests.
A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love...
A year unlike any other he has lived.
Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.
At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
(P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton
A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests.
A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love...
A year unlike any other he has lived.
Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.
At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
(P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton
Critics Review
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His recreation of pre-Revolutionary Paris is extraordinarily vivid and imaginative, and his story is so gripping that you’ll put your life on hold to finish it
The Times -
Vivid and compelling
Times Literary Supplement -
Enthralling . . . superbly researched, brilliantly narrated and movingly resolved
Observer -
Elegant
Independent -
Quietly powerful, consistently surprising, Pure is a fine addition to substantial body of work
Financial Times -
Almost dreamlike, a realistic fantasy, a violent fairytale for adults
Irish Times
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