17%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Life of Rebecca Jones
Angharad Price
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Life of Rebecca Jones
Paperback. A poetic work of fiction on the one hand, an autobiography on the other, The Life of Rebecca Jones is about one family's passage through the twentieth century. A fictional elegy to a threatened way of life. Translator(s): Jones, Lloyd. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 118.
"The most fascinating and wonderful book" JAN MORRIS
"A restrained, lyrical tour de force" OWEN SHEERS
In the early years of the last century, Rebecca is born into a rural community in the Maesglasau valley in Wales; her family have been working the land for a thousand years, but the changes brought about by modernity threaten the survival of her language, and her family's way of life.
Rebecca's reflections on the century are delivered with haunting dignity and a simple intimacy, while her evocation of the changing seasons and a life that is so in tune ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
115g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857387127
SKU
V9780857387127
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Angharad Price
Angharad Price was born near Caernarfon. A novelist, critic and translator, she has taught at Swansea Univeristy and at Cardiff University, and is now lecturer in Welsh at Bangor University. The Life of Rebecca Jones is her second novel.
Reviews for The Life of Rebecca Jones
Angharad Price's reflection of family history through the prism of fiction is a restrained, lyrical tour de force . . . Shot through with meditations on blindness and insight, this account of one family's passage through the twentieth century is skilfully rendered with grace and quiet power.
Owen Sheers 'How does it feel to write a classic novel? This ... Read more
Owen Sheers 'How does it feel to write a classic novel? This ... Read more