Please note that the extract from The Silent Land by Graham Joyce is not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but is available to download via the AQA website.Ĭheck out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. Joyce has written a mysterious masterpiece, a tour de force that will thrill fans of Peter Straub and the hit television show Lost.AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the November 2019 paper.Īnalysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided Book Summary In the French Pyrenees, a young married couple is buried under a flash avalanche while skiing. He stays there to protect her, she stays because she can’t move on with her pregnancy without him. Together they will face the ultimate test of their love for each other, and they will be forced to decide what their lives are worth-and what they will sacrifice to save each other. My interpretation was that they are essentially in a coma world/ dream world bc she’s unwilling to move on and start a new life with her baby and without her husband.

The Silent Land is a brilliantly conceived novel that puts a husband and wife in a strange and frightening reality where it would seem they are the last two people on Earth. Title: The Silent Land Author: Graham Joyce Genre: It seems to be categorised Literary Fantasy, whatever that means. And as the couple begins to witness unsettling events neither can ignore, they are forced to confront a frightening truth about the silent land they now inhabit. Award-winning novelist and cult favorite Graham Joyce transports listeners to a mysterious world of isolation and fear with this hypnotically dark storya.

They are trapped by the storm, completely isolated, with another catastrophic avalanche threatening to bury them alive…again. An evacuation as sudden and thorough as this leaves Jake and Zoe to face a terrifying situation alone. The Silent Land: A Novel The Silent Land: A Novel: Graham Joyce, John Lee: 9781441780324: : Books Skip to main content. Their hotel is devoid of another living soul. The Silent Land: A Novel Graham Joyce, John Lee on. Together they will face the ultimate test of their love for each other, and they will be forced to decide what their lives are worthand what they will sacrifice to save. Miraculously, Jake and Zoe dig their way out from under the snow-only to discover the world they knew has been overtaken by an eerie and absolute silence. The Silent Land is a brilliantly conceived novel that puts a husband and wife in a strange and frightening reality where it would seem they are the last two people on Earth. Award-winning novelist and cult favorite Graham Joyce transports listeners to a mysterious world of isolation and fear with this hypnotically dark story…a daring and powerful novel about love, loss, and rebirth.In the French Pyrenees, a young married couple is buried under a flash avalanche while skiing.