The Western Wind
$23.97
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2019
Summary
15th century Oakham, in Somerset; when a man is swept away by the village’s river, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder?
The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can’t?
Moving back in time towards the moment of Thomas Newman’s death, the story is rel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784708030 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784708038 |
| Author: | Samantha Harvey |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 127mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
My Ancient Mariner novel, the book I’m destined to traipse around fervently pressing into people’s hands … [The Western Wind is a] breathtaking exploration of guilt, communal and individual, secrecy and power … It made me gasp, and when I’d finished it, I started it again. – Alex Clark * Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year 2018 *
Beautifully rendered, deeply affecting, thoroughly thoughtful * New York Times *
A rich and sumptuous delight … Even the most glowing reviews of [Samantha Harvey’s] work have tended to be accompanied by a rueful acknowledgement of how underrated she is. The Western Wind will surely mean that she’s not underrated anymore. – James Walton * Daily Telegraph *
A wonderful creation … less like reading a novel and more akin to time travel — something I’ve only previously encountered in the work of Hilary Mantel. – Melissa Harrison * Financial Times
So ingenious in its plotting and characterisation that it begs to be read twice – the second reading a confirmation of what is slowly, tantalisingly revealed in the first. **** – Eithne Farry * Express *
Samantha Harvey
Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels:
- Orbital
- The Wilderness
- All is Song
- Dear Thief
- The Western Wind
She also wrote the non-fiction work:
- The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping
Orbital was the winner of the Booker Prize 2024. Her other work has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women’s Prize, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness was awarded the Betty Trask Prize.
She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
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