Ebook {Epub PDF} Little Egypt by Lesley Glaister

Little Egypt was once a well-to-do country house in the north of England. Now it's derelict and although it looks deserted it isn't. Nonagenarian twins, Isis and Osiris, still live in the home they were born in, and from which in the s their obsessive Egyptologist parents left them to search for the fabled tomb of Herihor - a search from which they never returned/5(60). Lesley Glaister’s gloriously gothic novel, her twelfth, spans almost a century, with the crumbling country mansion of Little Egypt at its heart. She splits the time frame between present day and the s when twins Isis and Osiris, who live in Little Egypt, were children. Salt Publishing are proud to present Little Egypt, the twelfth novel by the immensely talented Lesley Glaister. Winner of the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Yorkshire Post Author of the Year prizes, Glaister’s work has also been on numerous literary award short and longlists over the years, and several of her dramas have been broadcast on BBC Radio /5().

Author:Lesley Glaister [Glaister, Lesley] Language: ara Format: epub Publisher: Salt Publishing Limited Published: T+ Late the following morning, she lay propped on her elbows in her tent, draped in mosquito net, scratching at a swollen bite - flea, mosquito or some other. Little Egypt. Lesley Glaister's latest novel is a gothic tale of horror and neglect. In a narrative that switches between the present day and the s, we see how the damage wrought during the childhood of twins Isis and Osiris has blighted their lives for nearly a century. Filename: Little Egypt by Lesley www.doorway.ru Size.

Lesley Glaister 's latest novel is a gothic tale of horror and neglect. In a narrative that switches between the present day and the s, we see how the damage wrought during the childhood of twins Isis and Osiris has blighted their lives for nearly a century. The twins' names are a clue to their parents' particular madness, which is to join the "mummy rush" in Egypt, just like their arch-rival, the (real life) archaeologist Howard Carter. Lesley Glaister. Lesley Glaister (born 4 October ,) is a British novelist, poet and playwright. She has written 15 novels, Blasted Things () being the most recent, one play and numerous short stories and radio plays. She is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, and is a regular contributor of book reviews to. Little Egypt. Lesley Glaister’s fourteenth novel is a gothic tale of secrets and damaged families. In the s, twins Isis and Osiris live in Little Egypt, the country house of their Egyptologist parents, Evelyn and Arthur. It’s just the siblings, the staff, the cats, and the occasional visit from Uncle Victor – until Evelyn and Arthur send word from Egypt that they’re getting close to a major discovery, and they want the twins to see.