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Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date :2002-5-1 Pages: 308 Publisher:. Penguin WThen an infected bolt of cloth carries plagae from London toan isolated mountain viilage. a housemaid named Anna Frith emergesas an unlikely heroine and healer ThroUgh Anna s eyes we followthe story of the plague vear. I666. as her fellow viliagers makean…

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As a writer who, more often than not, places his stories in the future, Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks is not my usual cup of tea for reading matter. However, I found its description of the plague years in Eyam, Derbyshire in England, absolutely riveting.

The text describes life and death in a small village subject to self-imposed isolation as the plague struck in 1666. It is so authentic that it actually drags you back in time. The conflicts between good and evil are stark as the villagers are changed by catastrophe.

Not for the squeamish but a…

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