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Birthstone

D. M. Thomas's second novel, Birthstone, involves an American woman and her son who travel to Cornwall in search of their ancestry. Their guide is a Welsh woman with a split personality who moves between the past and present.

“My first attempt at a novel, after 20 years of poetry only. Fearing I wouldn't be able to fill up 200-odd pages, I threw in all my obsessions, like a mad cook. They included: Cornwall, ancient stones, sex, psychoanalysis, Cornish dialect, stockings, suspenders, my mother, my father, my sister. (Well, the last three aren't obsessions, only memorable figures in my life.) The resultant dish I still like.” D. M. Thomas

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 157
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-006414-8
  • EAN
  • 9780140064148
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 1982