The History Of The Rain. History of the Rain Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Amazon.co.uk Williams, Niall It is a love letter to Ireland in all its contradictions, to literature and poetry and family This is a story of family, history, love, tragedy, Ireland, and books
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It acknowledges that faith itself is a paradox, both possible and necessary The stories—of her golden twin brother Aeney, their closeness even as he slips away; of their dogged pursuit of the Swains' Impossible Standard and forever falling just short; of the wild, rain-sodden history of fourteen acres of the worst farming land in Ireland—pour forth in Ruthie's still, small, strong, hopeful voice.
History of the Rain Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Amazon.co.uk Williams, Niall
And it's probably my favorite Man Booker 2014 longlisted novel so far. This is a story of family, history, love, tragedy, Ireland, and books "There's nothing direct about us," says bedridden 19-year-old narrator Ruth Swain, speaking of the Irish, and the same is true of Williams' (John, 2008, etc.) convoluted, comically discursive latest, a shaggy dog.
Niall Williams History of the Rain, Hobbies & Toys, Books & Magazines, Fiction & NonFiction. History of The Rain is an elegiac story set in Faha, rural Ireland, where it rains and rains and rains "There's nothing direct about us," says bedridden 19-year-old narrator Ruth Swain, speaking of the Irish, and the same is true of Williams' (John, 2008, etc.) convoluted, comically discursive latest, a shaggy dog.
History of the Rain Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Niall Williams Bloomsbury Publishing. It acknowledges that faith itself is a paradox, both impossible and necessary Vedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father