The silent land

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248 pages

English language

Published May 2, 2010 by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-08389-9
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OCLC Number:
692664018

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3 stars (3 reviews)

A young couple are caught in an avalanche during a ski-ing holiday in the French Alps. They struggle back to the village and find it deserted. As the days go by they wait for rescue, then try to leave. But each time they find themselves back in the village. And, increasingly, they are plagued by visions and dreams and the realization that perhaps no-one could have survived the avalanche.

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reviewed The Silent Land by Graham Joyce

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2 stars

I can't believe anyone likes this book or likes this writer (based on his writing in this book). I appreciate schlock as much as the next guy and love to take time off with brain candy. But this book was just poorly written. The language sounded stilted and forced and the plot was so painfully obvious that there was no mystery to what was going on or how it would turn out. Seriously, this story has been told a million times before but much better. Skip it.

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3 stars

Subjects

  • Avalanches
  • Fiction
  • Phantastischer Roman
  • Englisch

Places

  • Alps, French (France)
  • France
  • French Alps