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All is Song
Samantha Harvey
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Description for All is Song
Paperback. Leonard is alone and rootless, returning to London after his father's death. He moves in with his distant brother William and his family, hoping to renew their friendship but learning to drop his expectations of brotherhood. William is a former lecturer and activist who now runs informal meetings with ex-students. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Leonard is alone and rootless, returning to London after his father's death. He moves in with his distant brother William and his family, hoping to renew their friendship but learning to drop his expectations of brotherhood. William is a former lecturer and activist who now runs informal meetings with ex-students. He is defiantly unworldly and forever questioning. When a young student follows William's arguments to a shocking conclusion, it appears William has already set his own fate in motion. Against a backdrop of tabloid frenzy, Leonard can only watch as William embraces the danger in the only way ... Read more
Leonard is alone and rootless, returning to London after his father's death. He moves in with his distant brother William and his family, hoping to renew their friendship but learning to drop his expectations of brotherhood. William is a former lecturer and activist who now runs informal meetings with ex-students. He is defiantly unworldly and forever questioning. When a young student follows William's arguments to a shocking conclusion, it appears William has already set his own fate in motion. Against a backdrop of tabloid frenzy, Leonard can only watch as William embraces the danger in the only way ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099566069
SKU
V9780099566069
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About Samantha Harvey
Samantha Harvey is the author of The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind. She appeared on the longlists for the Bailey's Prize and the Man Booker, and the shortlists of the James Tait Black Award, the Orange Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness won the Betty Trask Award in ... Read more
Reviews for All is Song
Intense, rewarding and bracingly serious
Adrian Turpin
Financial Times
Profoundly beautiful, cathartic writing.
Catherine Taylor
Daily Telegraph
A fine study of the nature and strength of family ties and the morality, or otherwise, of conforming where it matters
Kate Saunders
The Times
This beautifully written ... Read more
Adrian Turpin
Financial Times
Profoundly beautiful, cathartic writing.
Catherine Taylor
Daily Telegraph
A fine study of the nature and strength of family ties and the morality, or otherwise, of conforming where it matters
Kate Saunders
The Times
This beautifully written ... Read more