Description
In a small French town, the familiar rhythms of life collapse when an unnatural darkness settles over Semur, turning summer into a season of dread. As fear spreads and the dead seem to trouble the living, Maire Martin Dupin fights to keep order while the townspeople’s loyalties, sanity, and courage are tested. Blending psychological tension with a haunting sense of communal vulnerability, the novel explores how quickly civilization can fray when confronted by the inexplicable. With Margaret Oliphant’s incisive, humane storytelling, this beleaguered city becomes a stage for themes of mortality, collective panic, and the fragile boundary between the ordinary world and the supernatural.
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paperback
Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published Jun 17, 2004
100 pages
ISBN: 9781419100130
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First Published
1880
Language
eng
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