Name: The Western Wind von Samantha Harvey
SKU: 9781784708030
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The Western Wind Zusammenfassung

The Western Wind Samantha Harvey

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019**

15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can't?

Moving back in time towards the moment of Thomas Newman's death, the story is related by Reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keep. Through his eyes, and his indelible voice, Harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacy.

The Western Wind Bewertungen

My Ancient Mariner novel, the book I'm destined to traipse around fervently pressing into people's hands . . . [The Western Wind is a] breathtaking exploration of guilt, communal and individual, secrecy and power . . . It made me gasp, and when I'd finished it, I started it again. -- Alex Clark * Times Literary Supplement **Books of the Year 2018** *
Beautifully rendered, deeply affecting, thoroughly thoughtful * New York Times *
A rich and sumptuous delight . . . Even the most glowing reviews of [Samantha Harvey's] work have tended to be accompanied by a rueful acknowledgement of how underrated she is. The Western Wind will surely mean that she's not underrated anymore. -- James Walton * Daily Telegraph *
A wonderful creation . . . less like reading a novel and more akin to time travel - something I've only previously encountered in the work of Hilary Mantel. -- Melissa Harrison * Financial Times *
So ingenious in its plotting and characterisation that it begs to be read twice - the second reading a confirmation of what is slowly, tantalisingly revealed in the first. ***** -- Eithne Farry * Express *

Über Samantha Harvey

Samantha Harvey is the author of The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind. She appeared on the longlists for the Bailey's Prize and the Man Booker, and the shortlists of the James Tait Black Award, the Orange Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness won the Betty Trask Award in 2009. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR009684789

ISBN 13

9781784708030

ISBN 10

1784708038

Titel

The Western Wind Samantha Harvey

Autor

Samantha Harvey

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Vintage Publishing

Datum

20190228

Anzahl der Seiten

304

Preise

Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize 2019 (UK)

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