To Calais, In Ordinary Time romance Now the real training begins

Now the real training begins

luminous coming-of-age novel that transforms the everyday into the extraordinary

Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize and winner of The Ondaatje Prize

Dream Angus comes to you at night and bestows dreams

and to do better by ourselves and the world

To Calais, In Ordinary Time romance Now the real training beginsEngland, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a proctor sets out for a monastery in Avignon, and a young plowman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. In the other direction comes the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. To Calais, In Ordinary Time is an exploration of love, death, and power, against the