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Pure is a 2011 novel by English author Andrew Miller. The book is the sixth novel by Miller and was released on 9 June 2011 in the United Kingdom through Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. The novel is set in pre-revolutionary France and the upcoming turmoil is a consistent theme throughout. It follows an engineer named Jean-Baptiste Baratte and chronicles his efforts in clearing an overfilled graveyard which is polluting the surrounding area. Baratte makes friends and enemies as the cemetery is both loved and hated by the people of the district.

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  • Pure es una novela publicada en 2011 por el novelista británico Andrew Miller. El libro es la sexta novela de Miller y fue editado en lengua original inglesa el 9 de junio de 2011 en Reino Unido en la colección "Sceptre" de la editorial Hodder & Stoughton. La novela se localiza en el París del periodo previo a la Revolución francesa. Se centra en la vida de un ingeniero llamado Jean-Baptiste Baratte y sus esfuerzos para llevar a cabo las labores de exhumación de los cadáveres y el saneamiento de un cementerio que está contaminando y creando problemas sanitarios en el centro de la capital francesa. Baratte hace amigos y enemigos en la misma medida en la que el cementerio es respetado o detestado por los vecinos del distrito. (es)
  • Pure is a 2011 novel by English author Andrew Miller. The book is the sixth novel by Miller and was released on 9 June 2011 in the United Kingdom through Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. The novel is set in pre-revolutionary France and the upcoming turmoil is a consistent theme throughout. It follows an engineer named Jean-Baptiste Baratte and chronicles his efforts in clearing an overfilled graveyard which is polluting the surrounding area. Baratte makes friends and enemies as the cemetery is both loved and hated by the people of the district. Miller was inspired to write about the Les Innocents Cemetery after reading historian Philippe Ariès's brief description of its clearing and imagining the theatrics that must have been involved. The novel received positive reviews, particularly noting the quality of writing. The novel was awarded the Costa Book Award 2011 for "Best Novel" and "Book of the Year", and was nominated for the Walter Scott Prize and South Bank award. (en)
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  • 823.92
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  • 978-1-4447-2425-7
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  • PR6063 .I3564
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  • 346 (xsd:positiveInteger)
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  • The cover of the novel, showing the protagonist Jean-Baptiste Baratte seated and burying his head into his arms, as ravens surround and assail him. (en)
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  • First edition (en)
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  • PR6063 .I3564 (en)
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  • England (en)
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  • Royston Knipe (en)
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  • 823.920000 (xsd:double)
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  • 978 (xsd:integer)
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  • English (en)
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  • Print and audiobook (en)
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  • Pure (en)
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  • Amid all this gloom glows the writing, like a new penny in the dirt. Miller's newly minted sentences – from the doctor's darkly comic quips to descriptions of eyes as "two black nails hammered into a skull", or coffins opened "like oysters" – are arresting, often unsettling and always thought provoking. (en)
  • A structurally and stylistically flawless historical novel, this book is a gripping story, beautifully written and emotionally satisfying. A novel without a weakness from an author who we all feel deserves a wider readership. (en)
  • Above all, pre-revolutionary Paris is evoked in pungent detail, from its fragrant bread and reeking piss-pots to the texture of clothing, the grimness of medical procedure and the myriad colours of excavated bone. By concentrating on the bit players and byways of history, Miller conjures up an eerily tangible vanished world. (en)
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  • Paris, 1786 (en)
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  • Costa Book Award judges (en)
  • Holly Kyte, The Daily Telegraph (en)
  • Suzi Feay, The Financial Times (en)
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  • Pure es una novela publicada en 2011 por el novelista británico Andrew Miller. El libro es la sexta novela de Miller y fue editado en lengua original inglesa el 9 de junio de 2011 en Reino Unido en la colección "Sceptre" de la editorial Hodder & Stoughton. (es)
  • Pure is a 2011 novel by English author Andrew Miller. The book is the sixth novel by Miller and was released on 9 June 2011 in the United Kingdom through Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. The novel is set in pre-revolutionary France and the upcoming turmoil is a consistent theme throughout. It follows an engineer named Jean-Baptiste Baratte and chronicles his efforts in clearing an overfilled graveyard which is polluting the surrounding area. Baratte makes friends and enemies as the cemetery is both loved and hated by the people of the district. (en)
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