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Description for Torn Water
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has minor wear to edges but very good
Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss. 'He remembers when he was very young standing by water! How he had got there or where the pond was he couldn't remember, but he can vaguely recall a larger hand on his and being led through the high rooms of a large building, to a large garden, where bees wove dozy patterns in the air. At the bottom of this garden lay the large pond, and he remembers a face bending to meet his and whispering ... Read more
Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss. 'He remembers when he was very young standing by water! How he had got there or where the pond was he couldn't remember, but he can vaguely recall a larger hand on his and being led through the high rooms of a large building, to a large garden, where bees wove dozy patterns in the air. At the bottom of this garden lay the large pond, and he remembers a face bending to meet his and whispering ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007202683
SKU
KOC0023582
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Lynch
John Lynch is a successful film and stage actor. He is perhaps most famous for his heartbreaking performance as the eponymous hero in the film of Bernard MacLaverty's novel Cal. He also starred in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father with Daniel Day Lewis, and in Sliding Doors opposite Gywneth Paltrow. His new film The Bridges of San ... Read more
Reviews for Torn Water
'You get the beat of a writer's heart all the way through the book.' Jennifer Johnston