In the Orchard, the Swallows - Couverture souple

Hobbs, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 160945183X ISBN 13 : 9781609451837

Editeur : Europa Editions, 2014

Synopsis

During a village wedding in Pakistan, an unnamed boy risks speaking to the beautiful daugther of a powerful local politician. As night falls, the two meet in his father's orchard, inadvertently falling asleep waiting for the light of dawn to reveal the orchard's beauty, naïve to the dangers that await their innocent mistake.
As first light approaches, and the girl's father realizes the young couple's mutual attraction, he imprisons the boy without explanation or the benefit of a trial. Fifteen years later, the boy—now a man—is released without a word. Bereft of family and weakened from years of abuse, he collapses on the side of the road and is taken in by a kindly scholar. As time passes, the man recovers enough to take daily walks to his father's now abandoned orchard, where he last saw his young beloved among the trees, beneath soaring, fluttering swallows.

In clear, crystalline prose, Peter Hoobs reveals the ability of the human spirit to conquer the random cruelties of life, and how the power of love and hope, once known, can never truly be extinguished.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Hobbs grew up in Cornwall and Yorkshire, England. His debut novel, The Short Day Dying, won the Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Whitebread First Novel Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His collection of short stories, I Could Ride All Day in My Cool Blue Train, was published in 2006.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Europa Editions
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 160945183X
• ISBN 13: 9781609451837
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 137
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible