The Valley at the Centre of the World

Beschreibung

Longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize<BR>Shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize<BR><BR>Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, of harsh weather, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home.

But times do change, and the valley that they all call home must change with them, or be forgotten.<BR><BR> The debut novel from one of our most exciting new literary voices, The Valley at the Centre of the World is a story about community and isolation, about what is passed down, and what is lost between the cracks.

Angaben vom Händler.