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The dark light /

While enduring a bleak existence in a hospital for lepers in Norway during the early 1800s, thirteen-year-old Tora tries to find meaning in a life surrounded by death.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newth, Mette
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
Edition:1st English language ed.
Subjects:
Leprosy > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Christian life > Fiction.
Norway > Fiction.
Diseases > Fiction.
Description
Summary:While enduring a bleak existence in a hospital for lepers in Norway during the early 1800s, thirteen-year-old Tora tries to find meaning in a life surrounded by death.
Item Description:"First published in 1995"--verso title page.
Physical Description:245 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0374317011