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Falling Animals: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

Autor Sheila Armstrong
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 mai 2024
*A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK *'An immensely impressive debut from a major literary talent' JOSEPH O'CONNOR'Lush, lyrical and cleverly-constructed. A beautiful book' LOUISE KENNEDYThe disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life, Sheila Armstrong's debut novel is haunting, lyrical and darkly suspensefulOn an isolated beach set against a lonely, windswept coastline, a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea. His hands are folded neatly in his lap, his ankles are crossed and there is a faint smile on his otherwise lifeless face.Months later, after a fruitless investigation, the nameless stranger is buried in an unmarked grave. But the mystery of his life and death lingers on, drawing the nearby villagers into its wake. From strandings to shipwrecks, it is not the first time that strangeness has washed up on their shores.Told through a chorus of voices, Falling Animals follows the crosshatching threads of lives both true and imagined, real and surreal, past and present. Slowly, over great time and distance, the story of one man, alone on a beach, begins to unravel. Elegiac and atmospheric, dark and disquieting, Sheila Armstrong's debut novel marks her arrival as one of the most uniquely gifted writers at work in literary fiction today. Reader Reviews 'Beautifully written and gently catches the reader with its meditative prose and deep humanity''Such a beautiful book''Gorgeous wild setting and achingly recognisable characters'
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781526635877
ISBN-10: 1526635879
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Sheila Armstrong is an exciting young Irish writer who has been published in The Irish Independent, Litro magazine and gorse, was nominated for a Hennessy Award in the First Fiction category, longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize, as well as shortlisted for the An Post Irish Short Story of the Year and the Society of Authors Tom-Gallon Trust Award for her short story, Red Market.

Notă biografică

Sheila Armstrong is a writer from the northwest of Ireland. She spent ten years in publishing and now works as a freelance editor. Her first collection of short stories, How To Gut A Fish, which was longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize, was published in 2022. Falling Animals is her debut novel.

Recenzii

Elegiac and profoundly beautiful.
An immensely impressive debut from a major literary talent
Lush, lyrical and cleverly-constructed. A beautiful book.
Armstrong's prose is as invigorating and restless as the sea itself.
An intriguing mystery...reminding us that no one can live in isolation
Remarkable... an absolutely beautiful debut
Sheila Armstrong is in love with the world and its people, and that love shines out clearly in this luminous novel; a novel built on the stories of one small village, shaken loose when a body falls unannounced on the beach. I absolutely loved it.
A writer of notable talents... Armstrong's writing is as fresh and bracing as the salt-spattered breeze.
A poignant and immersive read, Falling Animals so deftly pitches you into the head of each character you'll lose yourself in this book. Armstrong writes complex and troubling stories with such unflinching graciousness her characters are desperately humane and easy to empathise with. A stunning first novel from one of Ireland's most intriguing new voices
Sheila Armstrong's prose is meticulous and startlingly visual. Falling Animals salvages something altogether human from Life's most sorrowful mysteries
A wondrous commingling of characters - variously lost, broken, misplaced, striving, reaching - seamlessly bound together by a singular event. A work that sings triumphantly to the interconnectedness of everything. This is vivid, evocative, lyrical, openhearted prose and Falling Animals is a beautiful collage of a novel
An exceptional debut novel. Profoundly moving, her ability to write community is utterly singular. Her voice sings, using perfect sentences to create unforgettable characters and landscapes, with a structure so deft it is breath taking. I could not put it down and I will encourage everyone I meet to pick it up. Confirms her as one of the most interesting and stellar voices in the Irish literary scene. Falling Animals is a masterpiece.
I loved How to Gut a Fish, and I love [Falling Animals] too. Armstrong's curiosity in the 'small' moments of people's lives is immersive and hypnotic. I found the novel to be tender and dark, alive with the sense that all destinies are intertwined. She is such a fabulous writer.
Utterly distinctive and memorable.
Set on a perfectly-realised west coast of Ireland... A book to savour and read, and analyse, again.