Book description
Edward has lost his short term-memory. He hopes it will return when
he sees the cottage in which he lives. He recognizes his overcoat on
the hook, his books, the double bed. The mystery however, is Naomi.
Edward has no recollection of who she is or why she has left him a
love letter.
With Thubron's customary clarity he draws a bleak, amnesiac world in
which a young man must face again old griefs and linger 'like a
coward, just this side of knowing'. On the other side, the memory of a
destructive, obsessive relationship looms.
Colin Thubron was born in London in 1939. He left publishing to
travel - mainly in Asia and North Africa, where he made documentary
films which were shown on BBC and world television. Afterwards, he
returned to the Middle East, and wrote five books on the Area. In 1984,
the Book Marketing Council nominated him one of the twenty best
contemporary writers on travel.
