Set on the Spanish island of Mallorca between and , British author Peter Nichols’s novel The Rocks () tells an intergenerational story that is presented in reverse, with the exception of the final chapter. According to USA Today, The Rocks is "amiably erudite" and "ingeniously structured.". · Peter Nichols is the author of the novel, "The Rocks," the international bestsellers "A Voyage for Madmen" and "Evolution's Captain," and three other books of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. He spent ten years at sea working as a professional captain and has taught creative writing at Georgetown University. NYU in Paris, Bowdoin College. by. Peter Nichols. · Rating details · 8, ratings · 1, reviews. Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The Rocks opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years?/5.
The Rocks by Peter Nichols Three generations, two families and the dangerous delights of a Mediterranean island, The Rocks is a bittersweet chronicle of unresolved feuds. Set on the island of Mallorca, The Rocks is a double love story told in reverse. Peter Nichols discussed his book, The Rocks. Interviewed by Justen Ahren. The Rocks. Peter Nichols. Quercus, - Fiction - 65 pages. 16 Reviews.
Nichols' novel opens in with a chance meeting between Lulu Davenport and Gerald Rutledge on a cliff-top road near The Rocks, Lulu's seaside hotel. Though they live in the same small town on an island, the couple has managed to avoid each other since their very brief marriage in the s, and this encounter immediately becomes a confrontation. by. Peter Nichols. · Rating details · 8, ratings · 1, reviews. Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The Rocks opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years?. Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community, The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades earlier. Peter Nichols writes with a pervading, soulful wisdom and self-knowing humor, and captures perfectly this world of glamorous, complicated, misbehaving types with all their sophisticated flaws and genuine longing.
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