Trespass by Rose
Tremain
Published by Vintage
6th January 2011
Paperback Edition
In a silent valley in southern France stands an isolated
stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic haunted
by his violent past. His sister, Audrun, alone in her bungalow within sight of
the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that
have blighted her life.
Into this closed world comes Anthony Verey, a wealthy but
disillusioned antiques dealer from London seeking to remake his life in France.
From the moment he arrives at the Mas Lunel, a frightening and unstoppable
series of consequences is set in motion...
Blimey, I downloaded this onto my kindle pretty much as soon
as it came out, and until last week, hadn't read a page of it! My kindle is a lot like that though. I see a book I fancy, press the button, and
then there it sits, waiting, and sometimes waiting, and waiting a bit
more. However thanks to Simon over at
Savidge Reads, I finally decided that Trespass should have it's moment
of glory and I would finally start reading it.
I've not read any of Rose Tremain's work before, though I
don't know why, but I romped through Trespass and really enjoyed
it. It's broken up into a number of
parts, it begins with a school picnic, a new pupil running off into the words,
followed by an earth-shattering scream.
We then move to England, to the world of Anthony Verey who is an
antiques dealer in London who has finally realised that the world around him is
not the same anymore, and feeling disillusioned by it, decides to move to
France to be nearer to his sister. Meanwhile,
over in France, we meet another pair of siblings, Aramon and his sister Audrun
who have an awkward relationship. However,
when Aramon decides to sell the family house, things take a turn that no one
was expecting.
I did enjoy this book.
I loved the variety in the characters that Tremain has created. They seem whole and real, especially in that
they all have flaws which writers don't always focus on, here it is their flaws
that are the key to the story I think.
I can't wait to read more of her work, and I have a copy of The Road
Home on it's way to me as I type.
Anyone else read Rose Tremain?
What would you recommend?
Happy Reading
Funny, I couldn't get in to Trespass, but I loved The Way I Found Her, and more recently, The Road Home, which is one of my all-time favourite books – highly recommended!
ReplyDeleteI have The Road Home now so will let you know what I think - eventually!
DeleteI loved Trespass and glad you enjoyed it too. I wasn't so taken with The Road Home – I thought the homeless man had it too easy to be credible – but The Colour is a great read.
ReplyDeleteI see you're rating Guttenberg's Apprentice at the moment – my review's here – http://annegoodwin.weebly.com/annecdotal/books-for-the-masses-gutenbergs-apprentice-by-alix-christie – let me know what you think.
Will do!
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