![]() ![]() ![]() Preston creates an intriguing and ultimately moving concoction, a true-life chronicle that delves into secrets of the heart." - Wall Street Journal "Shimmers with longing and regret.Preston writes with economical grace.He has written a kind of universal chamber piece, small in detail, beautifully made and liable to linger on in the heart and the mind. Pretty, who became a mother at 47, fears she won't live to see her son grown up). As it brushes away the soil from the remarkable ship, The Dig stages understated excavations of marriage (both Basil's and Peggy's) and parenthood (Mrs. Preston delicately portrays the effect the specters of mortality and decay have on each narrator. Even as marvels are uncovered, an insistent strain of melancholy blows through these pages.The ambient dread is partly due to the gathering storm of World War II.But the apprehension is also metaphysical, connected to the fact that the archaeologists are not digging for buried treasure so much as disturbing a grave. Yet despite the fact that most of the characters are real people.the novel's interests are psychological rather than factual. "All the elements are here for a corking adventure yarn, perhaps in the style of Howard Carter's account of the discovery of King Tut's tomb, which we see Mrs. Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind. ![]() As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. THE BASIS FOR THE NETFLIX FILM STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, AND LILY JAMES A literary adventure that tells the story of a priceless buried treasure discovered in England on the eve of World War II In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. ![]()
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