The Visitor - Couverture souple

Stansfield, K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909844098 ISBN 13 : 9781909844094

Editeur : Parthian Books, 2015

Synopsis

It is 1880 in Cornwall. Pearl, Nicholas, and Jack play among the fishing boats of Skommow Bay, not understanding the undercurrents beneath their games. Nine years later, Nicholas, keen for the fishing industry and society as a whole to progress, makes a decision that will affect all of their lives forever. Told from the point of a view of an aging Pearl, succumbing to dementia in 1936, this moving novel jumps back and forth through time as Pearl's own memory does, and explores topics such as the tension between individual will and the pressure to conform to societal norms, love and tragedy, and the ripple effects of a dying industry. The story is set against the scenic backdrop of Cornwall as well as the late-19th-century riots over the observance of the Sabbath in the fishing industry, and serves as a tremendously accurate snapshot of a particular moment in time and a meditation on the universal themes of love and loss.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Katherine Stansfield is a lecturer in creative writing at Aberystwyth University in Wales and an associate member of the Institute of Cornish Studies at Exeter University. Her poetry has appeared in Cheval, the anthology of commended entries to the Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Parthian Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909844098
• ISBN 13: 9781909844094
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible