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History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014
Niall Williams
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Description for History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 254.
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story... Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to grandfather ... Read more
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story... Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to grandfather ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408852057
SKU
V9781408852057
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99-50
About Niall Williams
Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eight novels including John and Four Letters of Love for which he has recently completed the screenplay for Element Pictures. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, with his wife, Christine. niallwilliams.com
Reviews for History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014
This is an important new book and, without spoiling the riveting last chapter next Friday, the rewards increase tenfold the further into the story one gets
Book at Bedtime, Radio Times
A surge of language, beautiful and enchanting, a novel that weaves a love of literature into its own moving tale
Guardian
Extremely moving, poignantly capturing ... Read more
Book at Bedtime, Radio Times
A surge of language, beautiful and enchanting, a novel that weaves a love of literature into its own moving tale
Guardian
Extremely moving, poignantly capturing ... Read more