In the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. The symptoms are well known: her life will draw to an end in the coming days.

Downstairs, the studio is a crucible glowing with memories and desire. It was here, when the first lockdown came, that she brought Halit. The lover she barely knew.

A presence from another culture. A doorway into a new and feverish world.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2022
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages: 224
ISBN 13: 9780571329342
ISBN 10: 0571329349