Landed - Couverture rigide

Pears, Tim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1408486555 ISBN 13 : 9781408486559

Editeur : Windsor, 2010

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Owen Wood is struggling to come to terms with an increasingly desperate situation: suffering from unimaginable phantom limb pain after a freak accident leaves him with his good hand amputated; estranged from his two young children after his marriage fails to survive the trauma of the accident; and unable to pursue his passion and livelihood as a gardener.

Infused with nostalgia for one rich, enchanting childhood summer spent with his grandparents in rural Wales, Owen resolves to reconnect with both his past and the natural world. Perfectly poised between the hope of redemption and the threat of irrevocable tragedy, Landed is Tim Pears' most assured and beguiling novel to date.

'I can think of nobody who writes with quite such searing beauty, honesty, authenticity and commitment about the British countryside . . . a really beautiful novel' Barbara Trapido

'A bleak and brave novel . . . Pears is a remarkable stylist . . . Landed offers rich pickings' The Times

'A nightmarish journey across the heart of England...Not a word is wasted in this finely detailed portrait of a man and his times coming apart at the seams' Daily Mail

'If one of the tasks of a novelist is to open our eyes to the world around us, Pears has executed that task with rare aplomb' Sunday Telegraph

Présentation de l'éditeur

Brought up in the Anglo-Welsh borders by an affectionate but alcoholic and feckless mother, Owen Ithell's sense of self is rooted in his long, vivid visits to his grandparents' small farm in the hills. There he is deeply impressed by his grandfather's primitive, cruel relationship with his animals and the land.

As an adult he moves away from the country of his childhood to an English city where he builds a new life, working as a gardener. He meets Mel, they have children. He believes he has found happiness - and love - of a sort.

But following a car accident, in which his daughter is killed and he loses a hand, the course of his life and the lives of those he loves is changed forever. Owen, unable to work, alienated and eventually legally separated from his family, is haunted by suicidal thoughts. In his despair, he resolves to reconnect with both his past and the natural world. Abducting his children, he embarks on a long, fateful journey, walking to the Welsh borders of his childhood.In his confusion his journey is a grasping at some kind of an understanding of his loss.

Powerful, richly evocative and perfectly poised between the hope of redemption and the threat of irrevocable tragedy, Landed is Tim Pears' most assured and beguiling novel to date.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Windsor
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408486555
• ISBN 13: 9781408486559
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible