The Life of Rebecca Jones
A Novel
$32.89
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2014
Summary
“The most fascinating and wonderful book” - JAN MORRIS
“A restrained, lyrical tour de force” - OWEN SHEERS
In the early years of the last century, Rebecca is born into a rural community in the Maesglasau valley in Wales. Her family have been working the land for a thousand years, but the changes brought about by modernity threaten the survival of her language, and her family’s way of life.
Rebecca’s reflections on the century …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857387127 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 085738712X |
| Author: | Angharad Price, Lloyd Jones |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 132mm x 11mm |
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‘How does it feel to write a classic novel? This is what Angharad Price has managed with The Life of Rebecca Jones ’ Tom Payne, Telegraph .
Angharad Price’s reflection of family history through the prism of fiction is a restrained, lyrical tour de force … Shot through with meditations on blindness and insight, this account of one family’s passage through the twentieth century is skilfully rendered with grace and quiet power. – Owen Sheers‘How does it feel to write a classic novel? This is what Angharad Price has managed with The Life of Rebecca Jones’ Tom Payne, Telegraph. * Telegraph *Angharad Price’s reflection of family history through the prism of fiction is a restrained, lyrical tour de force … Shot through with meditations on blindness and insight, this account of one family’s passage through the twentieth century is skilfully rendered with grace and quiet power. – Owen Sheers
About The Author
Angharad Price
Angharad Price was born near Caernarfon. A novelist, critic and translator, she has taught at Swansea Univeristy and at Cardiff University, and is now lecturer in Welsh at Bangor University. The Life of Rebecca Jones is her second novel.
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