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The River is the River
Jonathan Buckley
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Description for The River is the River
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
A woman named Naomi arrives at her sister's house, intending, it seems, to say goodbye. She is abandoning her city life for a remote Scottish retreat, which she will share with a man called Bernát, whom she considers some kind of visionary. In a sequence of stories filtered through multiple re-tellings, she illuminates the character of this elusive individual. One story seems of special significance: about Afonso, an Amazon boatman, who could be the last speaker of his mother tongue, a language of apparently unique simplicity and precision. Bernat and Naomi are not, however, the only storytellers here. Naomi's ... Read more
A woman named Naomi arrives at her sister's house, intending, it seems, to say goodbye. She is abandoning her city life for a remote Scottish retreat, which she will share with a man called Bernát, whom she considers some kind of visionary. In a sequence of stories filtered through multiple re-tellings, she illuminates the character of this elusive individual. One story seems of special significance: about Afonso, an Amazon boatman, who could be the last speaker of his mother tongue, a language of apparently unique simplicity and precision. Bernat and Naomi are not, however, the only storytellers here. Naomi's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sort of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908745545
SKU
V9781908745545
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About Jonathan Buckley
Jonathan Buckley is the highly-praised author of Telescope, So He Takes the Dog and Nostalgia. The river is the river is his ninth novel. He lives in Hove.
Reviews for The River is the River
Praise for Jonathan Buckley's Nostalgia 'As good as anything by the dozen or so big brand names of contemporary Eng Lit.
Ian Sansom
Guardian
Ian Sansom
Guardian