Five Bells A Novel
, by Jones, GailNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781250003737 | 1250003733
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/28/2012
On a radiant day in Sydney, four adults converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Crowds of tourists mix with the locals, enjoying the glorious surroundings and the play of light on water. But just as the circular quay resonates with Australia's past, each of the four carries a complicated history from elsewhere. Each character is haunted by past secrets and guilt. Ellie is preoccupied by her sexual experiences as a girl, James by a tragedy for which he feels responsible, Catherine by the loss of her beloved brother in Dublin, and Pei Xing by her imprisonment during China's Cultural Revolution.Told over the course of a single Saturday, Five Bells describes four lives that come to share not only a place and a time but also mysterious patterns and symbols. A fifth figure at the Quay, a barely glimpsed child, reminds us that some patterns are imprecise and do not resolve. By nightfall, when Sydney is drenched in a rainstorm, each life will have been transformed by the events of the day.