The Patience StoneVintage978-00-9953-954-497800995395442011-01-06English (United Kingdom)160Softcover
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The Patience Stone
- Translation
- Polly Mclean
- Genres
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general · Fiction in translation
- 2010
- first published
- English
- language
- 3
- edition in English
- 160
- pages
A young woman prays at her husband's bedside as he lies in a coma with a bullet in his neck. From outside come the sounds of tanks, gunshots, screaming and, most terrifying of all, silence. Inside, her two frightened daughters call to her from the hallway. As she tries to keep her husband alive, the woman rages against men, war, culture, God. Even as her mind appears to unravel, she becomes intensely clear-sighted. Now is her chance - her first ever - to speak without being censored. Her husband's body reminds her of the legend of the patience stone , a stone that hears all confessions until it explodes, and finally, spurred to new heights of daring, she spills out her most explosive secret.
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The Patience StoneVintage978-00-9953-954-497800995395442011-01-06English (United Kingdom)160Softcover
The Patience Stoneother_press978-15-9051-382-897815905138282010-01-19English (United States)—E-book
The Patience Stonevintage_digitaltrans. Polly Mclean978-14-0705-420-997814070542092010-01-14English (United Kingdom)—E-book