Name: The Western Wind
SKU: 51456742
Price: 13.78 EUR
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Author: Samantha Harvey

Type

Physical Book

Author

Samantha Harvey

Publisher

Dorling Kindersley Uk

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781784708030

The Western Wind

Samantha Harvey (Author) · Dorling Kindersley Uk · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Western Wind "

15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can’t?Moving back in time towards the moment of Thomas Newman’s death, the story is related by Reve – an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keep. Through his eyes, and his indelible voice, Harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacy.

Samantha Harvey

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Samantha Harvey (Kent in 1975) is a British novelist. Her work covers themes such as memory, identity, and spirituality, explored with lyrical and evocative prose. Her first novel, The Wilderness (2009), won the Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Guardian First Book Award.

Among her most notable works are All Is Song (2012), Dear Thief (2014), and The Western Wind (2018). In 2024, Harvey won the Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, a space epic that narrates the reflections of six astronauts at the International Space Station over 24 hours. In addition to her novels, she has published a non-fiction work titled The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping (2020), where she addresses her experience with insomnia.

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