JAMES HYNES is the author of Next, The Lecturer’s Tale, and Publish and Perish. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Boston Review, Mother Jones and Salon. He attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and has taught fiction writing at the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Miami University, Grinnell College, and the University of Texas. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Sparrow is the Sunday Times bestselling historical epic by James Hynes. An incredibly moving story of one boy’s journey to freedom in the harsh world of the Roman Empire.
Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow.
Sparrow’s world consists of a kitchen and herb-scented garden, a loud and dangerous tavern, and the mysterious upstairs where the wolves, the women who have shaped his world, conduct their business. Where freedom is only for a privileged few, Sparrow’s life is hard-edged and violent.
But change is coming. The world outside his garden is about to be reshaped, and as an empire crumbles, murder and mayhem will come to Sparrow’s door. As the only family he’s ever known scatters, will Sparrow fall – or fly?
'Unforgettable' - Daily Mail
'Utterly engrossing . . . this coming of age story reaches across millennia to grab us by the throat.' – Emma Donoghue, author of Room
‘Masterful in its portrayal of love, sex and friendship' – The Observer
Título : Sparrow
EAN : 9781529092424
Editorial : Pan Macmillan
Edad, de : 18 años
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