9,48 € This is an important new book and, without spoiling the riveting last chapter next Friday, the rewards increase tenfold the further into the story one gets * Book at Bedtime, Radio Times * A surge of language, beautiful and enchanting, a novel that weaves a love of literature into its own moving tale * Guardian * Extremely moving, poignantly capturing Ruth's doomed childhood relationship with her twin brother. Williams captures the awe and all of Ireland--its myths and mysteries, miseries and magic--through the pitch-perfect voice of a saucily defiant young woman who has witnessed too much tragedy but who clings devotedly to those she's lost."
10,26 € 9,50 € He studied English and French literature at University College Dublin before graduating with a Master's degree in Modern American Literature. Learn about new offers and get more deals by joining our newsletter, for example, to keep track of items stored in your shopping basket, prevent fraudulent activity, improve the security of our services, keep track of your specific preferences (e.g.
9,58 € Niall Williams
Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. 10,74 € 12,09 € 10,01 € 7,93 € Ensconced in her upstairs room with the rain-soaked skylight above and the River Shannon flowing outside, bedridden protagonist Ruth Swain, in History of the Rain, tries to piece together her family’s past by reading each of the nearly 4,000 books her late father left behind.Here, author Niall Williams discusses the novel, which was just named to the 2014 Man Booker Prize longlist.
“Deeply allusive, infectiously hopeful … Somewhere between bildungsroman, epic and family saga,
8,51 € By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our It looks like you are located in Australia or New Zealand Title: History of the Rain Author: Niall Williams Formats: Kindle (.mobi), ePub (.epub), PDF (.pdf) Pages: 358 Downloads: History of the Rain.pdf (2.8 MB), History of the Rain.mobi (8.5 MB), History of the Rain.epub (4.2 MB) We are our stories. Yet he can't seem to resist cliche and sentimentality, leaving the waterlogged reader longing for dry land.The longer my father lived in this world the more he knew there was another to come.and I Ruth Swain will know that love is real and forgiveness complete because, at last, unimaginably, implausibly, impossibly, the rain will have stopped.Bedbound in her attic room, beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. The story skates the thin line between humor and tragedy and never falters -- and with so many loving descriptions, dialogue and humorous (or sad) anecdotes about the people of the village of Faha. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's something in them that's brighter or lighter, something beautiful or better than you, and here's the magic:... before this you hadn't realized or you'd forgotten human beings could shine so.” Williams's rendering of the desolation of grief is affecting, as is the sympathy he evokes for the spirited Ruth's plight. 21,09 €
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