Before the feast

Someone has opened the doors to the Village Archive, but what drives the sleepless out of their houses is not that which was stolen, but that which has escaped. Old stories, myths, and fairy tales are wandering about the streets with the people. They come together in a novel about a long night, a mosaic of village life, in which the long-established and newcomers, the dead and the living, craftsmen, pensioners, and noble robbers in football shirts bump into each other. They all want to bring something to a close, in this night before the feast. Booksellers love BEFORE THE FEAST! “Before the Feast is a big book in every sense: it's vibrant, compassionate, and knowing. Stanisic channels an almost reckless energy into a novel that's at once sprawling and controlled.” --Stephen Sparks, Green Apple Books on the Park