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A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story AwardLONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE'That rare thing: genuinely unique' OBSERVER'Will win you over ... Magical' THE TIMES'Absolutely stunning. I loved it' MADELINE MILLER, AUTHOR OF CIRCE
On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.
On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.
A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story AwardLONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE'That rare thing: genuinely unique' OBSERVER'Will win you over ... Magical' THE TIMES'Absolutely stunning. I loved it' MADELINE MILLER, AUTHOR OF CIRCE
On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.
On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.
Über den Autor
ZOE GILBERT is the winner of the Costa Short Story Award 2014. Her work has appeared on BBC Radio 4, and in anthology and journals in the UK and internationally. She has taken part in writing projects in China and South Korea for the British Council, and she is completing a PhD on folk talesin contemporary fiction. The co-founder of London Lit Lab, which provides writing courses and mentoring for writers, she lives on the coast in Kent.
Zusammenfassung
Gilbert is extremely well-connected. She is the associate editor at The Word Factory, the co-founder of London Lit Lab and she chairs the Short Story Critique Group at Waterstones Piccadilly
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
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Genre: | Märchen & Sagen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 256 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781408884317 |
ISBN-10: | 1408884313 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Gilbert, Zoe |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Maße: | 198 x 128 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Zoe Gilbert |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,214 kg |
Über den Autor
ZOE GILBERT is the winner of the Costa Short Story Award 2014. Her work has appeared on BBC Radio 4, and in anthology and journals in the UK and internationally. She has taken part in writing projects in China and South Korea for the British Council, and she is completing a PhD on folk talesin contemporary fiction. The co-founder of London Lit Lab, which provides writing courses and mentoring for writers, she lives on the coast in Kent.
Zusammenfassung
Gilbert is extremely well-connected. She is the associate editor at The Word Factory, the co-founder of London Lit Lab and she chairs the Short Story Critique Group at Waterstones Piccadilly
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
---|---|
Genre: | Märchen & Sagen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 256 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781408884317 |
ISBN-10: | 1408884313 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Gilbert, Zoe |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Maße: | 198 x 128 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Zoe Gilbert |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,214 kg |
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