The Island Of Books

A 15th-century portrait painter, grieving the sudden death of his lover, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, an island off the coast of France. He haunts the halls until a monk assigns him the task of copying a manuscript - though he is illiterate. His work slowly heals him and continues the tradition that had, centuries earlier, grown the monastery's library into a beautiful city of books, all under the shadow of the invention of the printing press.--

• | Author: Dominique Fortier, Rhonda Mullins
• | Publisher: Coach House Books
• | Publication Date: Nov 08, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1552453383
• | ISBN-13: 9781552453384