''The intense story of the pre-historical moment when stone yielded to bronze . . . Crace is a virtuoso'' Frank Kermode, New York Times A coastal community live prosperously crafting fine stone tools. But their proud insularity is breached by raiders, and in the violence a boy loses his arm. Useless as a knapper, he finds a role as the village storyteller, roaming far and returning home with fantastically embellished tales. When the arrival of a new metal threatens all their livelihoods, his fearless imagination becomes a lifesaving gift. ''His style is as simple as it is beautiful . . . Crace reveals the dignity in human labour and the power of the passing of time'' Herald ''A deceptively simple book that explores profound ideas with a rare delicacy of touch'' Los Angeles Times ''Bewitching . . . brings a lost world to life and imbues it with a sense of wonder'' Sunday Times

Vorwort
From the acclaimed author of Quarantine, a mesmeric novel that breathes life into a distant age.

Autorentext
Jim Crace is the prize-winning author of several books, including Continent (winner of the 1986 Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize), Quarantine (1998 Whitbread Novel of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Being Dead (winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award) and Harvest (shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and winner of the International Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize). He lives in Worcestershire.

Zusammenfassung
From the acclaimed author of Quarantine, a mesmeric novel that breathes life into a distant age.