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Description for The Welsh Girl
Paperback. The acclaimed first novel from one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2003, a powerful tale of love, war and divided loyalties Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236. Used paperback in good to very good condition. May have some light shelf wear.
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
A Richard & Judy Book Club choice
'A beautiful, ambitious novel . . . Emotionally resonant and perfectly rendered, I believed in every character, every sheep, every last blade of grass.' - Ann Patchett
In 1944, a German Jewish refugee is sent to Wales to interview Rudolf Hess; in Snowdonia, a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a fiercely nationalistic shepherd, dreams of the bright lights of an English city; and in a nearby POW camp, a German soldier struggles to reconcile his surrender with his sense of honour. As their lives ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340938270
SKU
KRF0040933
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Peter Ho Davies
Peter Ho Davies is the author of the novels The Welsh Girl, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Fortunes, and A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself and two short story collections: The Ugliest House in the World, winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys and PEN/Macmillan prizes, and Equal Love, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles ... Read more
Reviews for The Welsh Girl
'A beautifully crafted, lyrical novel'
Maggie O'Farrell, Observer Books of the Year
'Moving, memorable and beautifully written'
Jessica Mann, Sunday Telegraph
'Deeply felt and vividly imagined'
Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
'Fresh and engaging...Some sentences and passages are crafted so beautifully and seemingly effortlessly that it provokes envy.'
David Cornett, Sunday Express
'Quietly ... Read more
Maggie O'Farrell, Observer Books of the Year
'Moving, memorable and beautifully written'
Jessica Mann, Sunday Telegraph
'Deeply felt and vividly imagined'
Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
'Fresh and engaging...Some sentences and passages are crafted so beautifully and seemingly effortlessly that it provokes envy.'
David Cornett, Sunday Express
'Quietly ... Read more