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History of the Rain - Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 (Paperback)
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History of the Rain - Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 (Paperback)
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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 Abraham, to
her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and
the three thousand, nine hundred and fifty eight books piled high
beneath the two skylights in her room, beneath the rain. The
stories - of her golden twin brother Aeney, their closeness even as
he slips away; of their dogged pursuit of the Swains' Impossible
Standard and forever falling just short; of the wild, rain-sodden
history of fourteen acres of the worst farming land in Ireland -
pour forth in Ruthie's still, small, strong, hopeful voice. A
celebration of books, love and the healing power of the
imagination, this is an exquisite, funny, moving novel in which
every sentence sings.
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Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2015 |
Authors: |
Niall Williams
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Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
358 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4088-5205-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4088-5205-5 |
Barcode: |
9781408852057 |
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