Water
A haunting, confronting novel from the author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies
$28.00
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2023
Summary
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.
But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?
Escaping her old life might seem li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857529817 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857529811 |
| Author: | John Boyne |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Doubleday |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
His quietest novel… but one just as powerful as his larger canvases * Business Post *An intriguing investigation of contemporary trauma… [a] short but powerful book * Guardian *Boyne does not put a foot wrong in this masterly novella * Mail on Sunday *A perceptive, moving exploration of guilt, grief and complicity * Sunday Express *Boyne not only opens up conversations, he writes beautifully and sensitively * Woman&Home *Subtle, intelligent and humane * Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
John Boyne
John Boyne is the author of fourteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet, and opera. His many international bestsellers include The Heart’s Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky. He has won four Irish Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in fifty-eight languages.
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