This River Awakens
This River Awakens
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This River Awakens by Steven Erikson
In the spring of 1971, Owen Brand and his family move to the riverside town of Middlecross in a renewed attempt to escape poverty. For twelve-year-old Owen, it's the opportunity for a new life and an end to his family's isolation and he quickly falls in with a gang of three local boys and forms a strong bond with Jennifer, the rebellious daughter of a violent, alcoholic father. As summer brings release from school, two figures preside over the boys' activities: Walter Gribbs, a benign old watchman at the yacht club, and Hogdson Fisk, a vindictive farmer tormented by his past. Then the boys stumble on a body washed up on the riverbank - a discovery whose reverberations will result, as the year comes full circle, in a cataclysm that envelops them all...Steven Erikson first novel, "This River Awakens", is a lyrical, tender and disturbing portrayal of a rite of passage that is both harsh and revelatory.
"Wonderfully and intimately evoked..a writer of real imaginative force and breadth" -- Paul Binding THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT "Startlingly real...it is remarkable for a first novel" -- Margaret Forster "An excellent novel...a terrific new talent" GLOBE AND MAIL
Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy readers to his epic 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence, which has been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination'. This River Awakens was hist first novel, and originally published under the name Steve Lundin. He lives in Cornwall. To find out more, visit www.malazanempire.com and www.stevenerikson.com
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780593067772 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593067770 |
| Title | This River Awakens |
| Author | Steven Erikson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |