Dans la lande immobile
by Sarah Moss
- First published 2018
- 141 pages
- French
- Classic
In the wild, isolated landscape of Northumberland, seventeen-year-old Silvie is immersed in an Iron Age reenactment with her family and a group of archaeology students. Her father, an amateur historian consumed by a rigid vision of the past, insists on a life stripped bare of modern comforts, pushing the boundaries of the experiment with unsettling intensity. As days turn into a stark, primitive existence, the lines between historical recreation and a darker, more primal reality begin to blur.
Caught between the students' modern sensibilities and her father's escalating demands, Silvie finds herself increasingly isolated in a world mirroring ancient rites and rituals. This story creates a menacing atmosphere that tightens as it explores the enduring power of obsession, the fragility of consent, and the chilling echoes of the past that can rise to confront the present.
Caught between the students' modern sensibilities and her father's escalating demands, Silvie finds herself increasingly isolated in a world mirroring ancient rites and rituals. This story creates a menacing atmosphere that tightens as it explores the enduring power of obsession, the fragility of consent, and the chilling echoes of the past that can rise to confront the present.
- Genres
- Fiction › Thriller & suspenseFiction › Speculative fiction › Science fictionFiction › Literary fiction › Psychological fictionFiction › Speculative fiction › Horror & supernaturalFiction › Speculative fiction › Dystopian fiction
- Mood
- Funny
- Where and when
- England United States Latin America & the Caribbean Big city Countryside
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Details & editions
- This edition
- ACTES SUD, 2020
- ISBN
- 9782330133535
- Language
- French
Original edition Ghost Wall Originally published in 2018 · English · Granta Books









