Name: The Storm Centre A Novel
SKU: 64816387
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Author: Charles Egbert Craddock

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Double 9 Books

Autor

Charles Egbert Craddock

Año

2025

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6x14x2.5 cm

ISBN13

9789371460361

The Storm Centre A Novel

Charles Egbert Craddock (Autor) · Double 9 Books · Tapa Blanda

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The storm centre: A novel is set during the American Civil War, focusing on the emotional and social upheaval experienced in a Southern household. The narrative opens with a military officer seeking respite within the Roscoe home, where the contrast between domestic calm and the distant chaos of war is sharply drawn. The house exudes a quiet tension, shaped by unspoken histories and the burden of past losses. As the officer awaits his meeting with a woman of complex reputation, the surrounding atmosphere builds with subtle clues - shared stories from an elderly servant, fleeting moments with children, and layers of unspoken emotion. The woman in question emerges slowly through gestures, expressions, and the reactions she elicits, signaling a life shaped by grief and restraint. The officer's response to her, a mixture of curiosity and subdued admiration, reflects the central conflict between public duty and private longing. As the household balances on the edge of change, the novel reveals how personal histories are inseparable from the larger forces of war, tradition, and social expectation, all quietly converging in the intimate corners of a home untouched by battle yet scarred by it.