| The Stone Carvers Contributor(s): Urquhart, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142003581 ISBN-13: 9780142003589 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: A major bestseller in Canada, "The Stone Carvers" is set against the backdrop of World War II, bringing together history and art in a story both intimate and worldly. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - World War I - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.90 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1867 a good-natured Bavarian priest, is sent by God and mad King Ludwig to the wilds of North America. Soon the backwoods are transformed into a parish and the settlers into a congregation, and Joseph Becker, a woodcarver, meets his future wife. Several decades later, Joseph Becker teaches his astounding carving skills to his grandchildren. One of them, Klara, shows exceptional talent and has a surfeit of what the local nuns call a fondness for men's work. Untamed, she falls in love with an Irish boy, Eamon O'Sullivan, only to have him leave to fight in the Great War . . . |