While the river flows. Setterfield D.

The new novel by Diana Setterfield, the famous author of the Thirteenth Tale, a recognized masterpiece of modern English prose, which made critics talk about the return of the Golden Age of the British Roman, covered in the names of Charlotte and Emily Bronte and Daphne Dumorye, and went around the world 40 languages ​​in 40 languages circulation of over 2 million copies. On the darkest and long night on the year, on the day of the winter solstice, on the ancient "Swan" tavern on the shore of the Thames, a wounded stranger bursts with a dead girl in her arms. However, a few hours later the girl is alive. What is this a miracle? Magic? Or can you find a scientific explanation? And most importantly, who is she? Two years ago, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vogan? Or, perhaps, the granddaughter of the farmer Robert Armstrong, the existence of which he learned only the day before, and never had time to see? After all, the "swan" is not just the oldest tavern in the district; For a long time they have come here in order to listen and tell stories topical jokes, or ancient traditions and legends, or fairy tales. So the story of a mysterious girl should be touched into the canvas, woven by experienced storytellers for many centuries...