TY - BOOK AU - Barbery, Muriel, AU - Anderson, Alison, TI - A strange country SN - 9781922268983 U1 - 843.92 23 PY - 2020///. CY - Melbourne : PB - Text Publishing KW - Soldiers KW - Spain KW - Fiction KW - Elves KW - Imaginary places KW - Good and evil KW - War and society KW - Imaginary wars and battles KW - fast KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - War fiction KW - lcgft KW - French fiction KW - Translations into English KW - local N1 - Originally published in French under the title, 'Un étrange pays', in 2019 by Éditions Gallimard; Sequel to: The lives of Elves; Translated from the French N2 - "During the longest war humankind has endured, two young Spanish officers abandon their post to follow the charismatic Petrus across a bridge only he can see. In a place of lingering mists, poetry, music and natural wonders, the fate of our world and its living creatures will be decided. Yet this world too is under threat. Will harmony and beauty prevail over darkness and death? An ode to the power of the imagination, the sequel to The Life of Elves echoes our own global border disputes and climate disaster."--Provided by publisher ER -