The Winter Should Pass

by Nigel Patten

Issak flees his native Antwerp after committing a terrible crime. Settling in Snowdonia, he builds a home in the hills and founds a family with Rachel, a vagrant gypsy woman. But he remains haunted by his past with Julie, his one true love, and the conviction that his eldest son will in some way pay for his father's past sins.About the

Author Nigel Patten loves words and the music behind them. He teaches English literature for the French Baccalaureate in an international alpine college. Patten grew up in the United Kingdom and later moved to Switzerland. He now lives and writes in a ski resort in the mountains above Lake Geneva. Patten's first book, The Hounds of Samaria, is also available through Strategic Book Publishing.

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255 pages, Hardcover

First published September 11, 2010

About the author

Although born in the UK, Nigel Patten has lived in Switzerland since the 1960's. In addition to writing 5 novels and a 3-act play, he teaches English literature for the French Baccalaureate in an international alpine college. He has travelled extensively on all continents, driving to India and back and across the Sahara. He is also a keen cross country skier and mountain walker.

Nigel Patten’s novels are set in different historical periods, but his greatest interest lies in developing a style combining poetic prose and the stream of consciousness.