Whale Fall

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of <i>Hamnet</i><br><br>'Gorgeous and heartbreaking . . . I wept' - Yael van der Wouden, author of <i>The Safekeep</i><br><br>A BBC <i>Between the Covers</i> Book Club Pick<br>An <i>Observer</i> Best Debut of the Year<br>Shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award</b><br><br>It is 1938 and on an island off the coast of Wales, Manod is trying to imagine her future. Her choices are stark: she must either stay and look after her father's house, in the wild landscape that drove her mother to madness, or marry and leave.<br><br>And so, when two English anthropologists arrive on the island, Manod senses the possibility of a thrilling new life. But, as she becomes entangled in their work, and their strange relationship, the outside world she had yearned for appears a much darker place than she could ever have imagined.<br><br><b>Elizabeth O'Connor's beautiful, devastating debut <i>Whale Fall</i> tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the brink of war.</b><br><br><b>'The quiet cadences of <i>Whale Fall</i> contain a deep melody of loss held and let go. It is a gentle, tough story about profound change' - Anne Enright<br><br>'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm Tóibín</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781035024766

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 127 x 16 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan