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Sarn Helen - Helen's Causeway - is the old Roman Road that runs
from the south of Wales to the north. As Tom walks the route,
sometimes alone, sometimes in company, he describes the changing
landscape around him and explores the political, cultural and
mythical history of this country that has been so divided, by
language and by geography. Running alongside this journey is the
story of Tom's engagement with the issue of the climate crisis and
its likely impact on the Welsh coastline. From one of Wales' most
celebrated writers, Sarn Helen is at once a vivid and immersive
portrait of a nation, and a resonant meditation upon the way in
which we are shaped by place and in turn shape the places -
potentially irrevocably.
Addlands is the moving and engrossing story of the Hamer family and
their home, the Funnon Farm, deep in the hills of the Welsh
borders. There is Idris, proud and insular, a man of the plough and
the prayer sheet, haunted by the First World War. Then there is the
boy Oliver, who grows to be a near mythic giant in the community, a
fighter, a drinker, inescapably rooted in their hard, remote
valley. And there is Etty, Oliver's mother, the centre of this
close constellation, who navigates old ways and new technologies as
she struggles to ensure her family's survival. From the ancient
silence in the hills to the encroaching roar of modernity, spanning
seventy years, Addlands tells of human and animal; it speaks of the
land and lets the land speak for itself. It is as vast and complex
as a symphony but as pure and moving as a solo voice in an empty
church.
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Konstantin (Paperback)
Tom Bullough
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R397
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Discovery Miles 3 220
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Tom Bullough's Konstantin is a mesmerising novel about how the
imagination can inspire the individual to greatness. 1867, Ryazan,
a Russian city in winter. Ten-year-old Konstantin, deafened by
scarlet fever, dreams of flight - escaping to Moscow, fleeing to
the silent stars. And his daring visions, pregnant with humanity's
future, will take him further than anyone could believe. Moving
from wolf-infested forests to the brothels of Moscow, from village
life to the wondrous Age of Steam, from appalling tragedy to the
discovery of a great love, Konstantin tells the beguiling story of
a man who imagined the unimaginable: turning the dream of space
travel into a reality. As vivid and evocative as Hilary Mantel's
Wolf Hall and David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de
Zoet, Konstantin is a story of man, nature, and the limitless power
of the imagination. Praise for Konstantin: 'Convincing, lyrical.
Bullough has set Konstantin squarely before us as a living,
thinking, ingenious human being' John Banville 'Konstantin is that
rare creature, the practical dreamer, a hero at the dawn of
modernity. Beautifully written . . . a real achievement' Andrew
Miller, author of Pure 'Enchanting, wonderfully eloquent. A very
alluring read' Time Out Tom Bullough was born in 1975 and is the
author of two previous novels. He lives in Breconshire, in
mid-Wales, with his wife and young son.
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