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Harry Selwyn's Last Race
Tony Bianchi
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Description for Harry Selwyn's Last Race
Paperback. Harry Selwyn is a master of detachment - from the realities of the past, from his own ageing body, and from his conscience. Even the sudden death of his wife is not allowed to interfere with the daily routine. He must prepare for tomorrow's race. He must return his ill-fitting trousers to the shop. And death will have to wait. Translator(s): Bianchi, Tony. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 202 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
At 79 years of age, Harry Selwyn still runs. He also brags about the time he ran with the Kalenjin: a remarkable tribe that has won more Olympic medals than any other nation. But Harry wants us to understand that, although he was certainly in Kenya during the last, bloody days of imperial rule, he had nothing to do with the dreadful events that took place there. 'I was only guarding the compound,' he says. Harry Selwyn is a master of detachment - from the realities of the past, from his own ageing body, and from his ... Read more
At 79 years of age, Harry Selwyn still runs. He also brags about the time he ran with the Kalenjin: a remarkable tribe that has won more Olympic medals than any other nation. But Harry wants us to understand that, although he was certainly in Kenya during the last, bloody days of imperial rule, he had nothing to do with the dreadful events that took place there. 'I was only guarding the compound,' he says. Harry Selwyn is a master of detachment - from the realities of the past, from his own ageing body, and from his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910409695
SKU
V9781910409695
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Tony Bianchi
Tony Bianchi is from Tyneside and lives in Cardiff. Most of his fiction has been written in Welsh. Pryfeta (Y Lolfa, 2007) won the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize. His other novels are Esgyrn Bach (Y Lolfa, 2006), Chwilio am Sebastian Pierce (Gomer, 2009), Ras Olaf Harri Selwyn (Gomer, 2012) and, in English, Bumping (Alcemi, 2010) and Daniel's Beetles (Seren 2011). ... Read more
Reviews for Harry Selwyn's Last Race
'One of Wales's most exciting authors.' Taliesin 'Reading Ras Olaf Harri Selwyn was an intense and unnerving experience. I honestly can't remember a time I've felt so completely immersed in the psyche of another human being, albeit a fictional character.' New Welsh Review 'Without effort, Tony Bianchi holds a pin so close to the narrative that it puckers the taut ... Read more