The Given World

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<p><b>'A state-of-the-countryside novel ... rich in detail but vast in scope' </b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><b>'A stunning tale of rural life ... Harrison earns a nod to George Eliot' </b>ALEXANDRA HARRIS, <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><i><b>'</b></i><b>Extraordinary ... Harrison is a nonpareil describer of the natural world' </b>INDIA KNIGHT<br><b>'Wonderful ... an <i>Under Milk Wood </i>for the twenty-first century' </b>AMY LIPTROT<br><b>'Extraordinary ... The best serious fiction I've read this year' </b>FRANCIS SPUFFORD</p><p><b>A <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i> AND <i>OBSERVER </i>BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026</b><br><b>A <i>TIMES </i>BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2026</b></p><p><i>April brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.</i></p><p>In the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.</p><p>A woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream. And alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family's past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.</p><p>'<b>Attuned, loving and thoughtful ... I loved its warmth and intricacy' </b>SARAH MOSS<br><b>'Nobody does nature better than Melissa Harrison' </b>TRISTAN GOOLEY<br><b>'Reminds us with every luminous sentence about the fragile grace of ordinary lives' </b>EVIE WYLD</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529154894

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

220 x 142 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd