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A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to “clear” the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving—an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland—Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and ...

The Sunday Times (London) 2020 Novel of the Year "Luminous…a writer to watch—and to savor." —Oprah Daily From the award-winning author of West and The Redemption of Galen Pike, a "sublime" (The Toronto Star) and propulsive novel that follows an Englishman seeking refuge in a remote hill town in India who gets caught in the crossfire of local tensions.In this "jewel of a novel" (The Observer), Hilary Byrd flees his demons and the dark undercurr...

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The Sunday Times (London) 2020 Novel of the Year "Luminous…a writer to watch—and to savor." —Oprah Daily From the award-winning author of West and The Redemption of Galen Pike, a "sublime" (The Toronto Star) and propulsive novel that follows an Englishman seeking refuge in a remote hill town in India who gets caught in the crossfire of local tensions.In this "jewel of a novel" (The Observer), Hilary Byrd flees his demons and the dark undercurr...

Fleeing the dark undercurrents of contemporary life in Britain, Hilary Byrd takes refuge in Ooty, a hill station in South India. There he finds solace in life's simple pleasures, travelling by rickshaw around the small town with his driver Jamshed and staying in a cottage beside the local mission house where the Padre and his adoptive daughter Priscilla have taken Hilary under their wing.The Padre is concerned for Priscilla's future, and as Hi...

Cy Bellman, allevatore di muli e sognatore irrequieto, vedovo, una figlia, legge sul giornale che in una palude del Kentucky sono stati ritrovati resti giganteschi appartenenti a un animale non meglio identificato. Così lascia la Pennsylvania per andare a verificare coi suoi occhi se davvero nelle piane del West pascolano ancora enormi creature leggendarie. Armato di mappe e della propria ostinazione, Bellman si congeda da Bess affidandola all...

Best Book of the Year: The Sunday Times. The Guardian.»WEST lässt uns eintauchen in den Mythos des amerikanischen Westens und erzählt von der Hingabe und Verletzlichkeit des Menschen.« San Francisco Chronicle »Dieses Buch geht einem nicht mehr aus dem Kopf.« Claire MessudPennsylvania, im Jahr 1815: Der einfache, gutherzige Maultierzüchter Cy Bellman findet keine Ruhe mehr, seit er in der Zeitung von einer unglaublichen Entdeckung gelesen hat. ...

When Cy Bellman, American settler and widowed father of Bess, reads in the newspaper that huge ancient bones have been discovered in a Kentucky swamp, he leaves his small Pennsylvania farm and young daughter to find out if the rumours are true: that the giant monsters are still alive, and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River.West is the story of Bellman's journey and of Bess, waiting at home for her father to return. Writ...

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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Sunday Times (UK) * The Guardian (UK) * The Washington Independent Review of Books * Sydney Morning Herald * The Los Angeles Public Library * The Irish Independent * Real Simple * Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize "Carys Davies is a deft, audacious visionary." —Téa ObrehtWhen widowed mule breeder Cy Bellman reads in the newspaper that colossal ancient bones have been discovered in the salty Kentucky mu...

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In his first novel, the winner of the 2015 Frank O'Connor Short Story Award transports listeners to the beginning of the 19th century to explore themes of reckless determination, existential yearning, wonder, and isolation in a majestic and unforgiving landscape.

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