The Tazyrik Year: A Novel by Alan Gould
Kit and Viv Kesteven enjoy a quiet, apparently conventional existence as invisible public servants in Canberra. Living in their beautiful family home, surrounded by relics of their parents' travels and their own childhood, brother and sister are outwardly unremarkable. But beneath their controlled veneer lie some deeply peculiar proclivities.
Into their lives and their home comes Jules Pyatt, an orphan and teacher, fresh from solitary travels around Europe. He becomes fascinated by the secret world of Tazyrik shared behind closed doors by Kit and Viv. Hesitantly at first, and then more boldly, brother and sister take him into their confidence, weaving a web of enchantment round the lonely and impressionable young scholar. Lured by his own longing for roots and a family, Pyatt willingly enters into their extraordinary scheme for the future.
The Tazyrik Year is a beautifully written, highly-original novel which explores the boundaries of relationship and the strange desires of the human heart. It has an atmosphere all of its own.
Format: Paperback | 192 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 13.5 x 1.6 | 242g
Publication Date: 11 Mar 1998
Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia
Imprint: Sceptre
Publication City/Country: Rydalmere, SYD, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0733608361
ISBN13: 9780733608360
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor damage to the cover including some creasing on both front and back cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.