They struggle back to the village and find it deserted. A young couple are caught in an avalanche during a skiing holiday in the French Alps. The film rights have been optioned by the producer of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. And as the couple begin to witness unsettling events neither one can ignore, they are forced to confront a frightening truth about the silent land they now inhabit.Īward-winning author Graham Joyce has written a mysterious masterpiece, a tour de force that will thrill fans of Peter Straub and the hit television show Lost. The Silent Land by Graham Joyce: 9780307739827 : Books When Jake and Zoe are buried under a flash avalanche while skiing in the French Pyrenees, they miraculously dig their way out from under the snowonly. THE SILENT LAND is a brooding and tender look at love and whether it can survive the greatest challenge we will ever face. They are trapped by the storm, completely isolated, with another catastrophic avalanche threatening to bury them alive. An evacuation as sudden and thorough as this leaves Jake and Zoe to face a terrifying situation alone. Their hotel is devoid of another living soul. Miraculously, Jake and Zoe dig their way out from under the snow-only to discover the world they knew has been overtaken by an eerie and absolute silence. In the French Pyrenees, a young married couple is buried under a flash avalanche while skiing. a daring and powerful novel about love, loss, and rebirth. The Silent Land Graham Joyce, Doubleday, 23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-5 Near the outset of this gently haunting fantasy thriller from British author Joyce (Requiem), a freak.
(Mar.Award-winning novelist and cult favorite Graham Joyce transports readers to a mysterious world of isolation and fear with a hypnotically dark story about a young couple trapped by an avalanche in the remote French Pyrenees. By the time the tale sounds its final bittersweet note, readers will remember the passionate emotional bond the two have shared and self-sacrifices that are the hallmark of a love that can transcend death. Joyce brings freshness to this familiar supernatural scenario by emphasizing the humanness of his characters over the weirdness of the phenomena. Jake suspects that they've died-but then Zoe begins seeing furtive figures and hearing snatches of speech that suggest this likely explanation is more complex than it seems. All their efforts to leave for the next town only bring them back in a circle. Back at their hotel, they discover they're still alone. After digging out, they find themselves the only inhabitants of the unnaturally silent landscape. Near the outset of this gently haunting fantasy thriller from British author Joyce (Requiem), a freak avalanche buries Zoe and Jake, a couple on a skiing holiday near the Pyrenean resort town of Saint-Bernard-en-Haut.
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