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The hired man / Aminatta Forna.

Author/creator	Forna, Aminatta
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2013]
Description	293 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subjects	British--Croatia. --Fiction. City and town life--Fiction. Mosaics--Fiction. Revenge--Fiction. Croatia--Fiction.

Contents	Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of the windows, glass darkened with dirt, today stands open, and the lively chatter of English voices carries across the fallow fields. Laura and her teenage children have arrived. A short distance away lies the hut of Duro Kolak who lives alone with his two hunting dogs. As he helps Laura with repairs to the old house, they uncover a mosaic beneath the ruined plaster and, in the rising heat of summer, painstakingly restore it. But Gost is not all it seems; conflicts long past still suppurate beneath the scars.
Abstract	Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of the windows, glass darkened with dirt, today stands open, and the lively chatter of English voices carries across the fallow fields. Laura and her teenage children have arrived. A short distance away lies the hut of Duro Kolak who lives alone with his two hunting dogs. As he helps Laura with repairs to the old house, they uncover a mosaic beneath the ruined plaster and, in the rising heat of summer, painstakingly restore it. But Gost is not all it seems; conflicts long past still suppurate beneath the scars.
General note	"First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc"--Title page verso.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013497802
ISBN	9780802121912
ISBN	0802121918

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