Instruments Of Darkness
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company
- Initial publish date
- Feb 1997
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552780404
- Publish Date
- Feb 1997
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Instruments of Darkness is the story of Nada, a divorced American writerwho begins to come to terms with her past through research ofanother woman's life. Barbe Durand, a courageous young Frenchmaidservant from the 1700s, is the woman Nada is researching.Setting out to give Barbe's story life, Nada ends up sharing herown life story, one of an alcoholic father and mentally unstablemother. Beautifully written, thisnovel will inspire you to accept life's hardships.
About the author
Nancy Huston’s books have won the Prix Goncourt des Lyceéns, the Prix Elle (Quebec) and the Governor General’s Award. Her novel, The Mark of the Angel, was an international bestseller, which won the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle, the Canadian Jewish Fiction Book Award, the Torgi Award and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. Fault Lines won the Prix Femina in 2006. Nancy Huston lives in Paris with her husband, the writer Tzvetan Todorov, and their two children.
