The Coward's Tale by Vanessa Gebbie
A dazzling first novel about kinship and kindness, guilt and restitution and the ways in which the present is carved out of an unforgiving past.
My novel of the year.. an extraordinarily lyrical, moving, funny evocation of a Welsh mining town ... A terrific achievement -- A.N. Wilson * Financial Times Book of the Year *
Spellbinding * Guardian *
Gebbie's prose has something of the musical rhythm and cadence of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood ... a hypnotic debut * Independent *
A striking first novel, poetic in style and funny ... reminiscent of Dylan Thomas at his best -- Readers' Books of the Year * Guardian *
‘Tender and gripping - a brilliantly written epic' * Maggie Gee *
‘Compulsively readable. She writes with such warmth and kindness and her poetic writing is meticulous in its apt and close observation' * Mari Strachan, author of The Earth Hums in B Flat *
Powerful in its storytelling, touching in its view of small-town life, and bold in its stylised language * New Welsh Review *
Spellbinding * Guardian *
Gebbie's prose has something of the musical rhythm and cadence of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood ... a hypnotic debut * Independent *
A striking first novel, poetic in style and funny ... reminiscent of Dylan Thomas at his best -- Readers' Books of the Year * Guardian *
‘Tender and gripping - a brilliantly written epic' * Maggie Gee *
‘Compulsively readable. She writes with such warmth and kindness and her poetic writing is meticulous in its apt and close observation' * Mari Strachan, author of The Earth Hums in B Flat *
Powerful in its storytelling, touching in its view of small-town life, and bold in its stylised language * New Welsh Review *
Vanessa has previously written two collections of short stories (published by Salt Publishers). She has also won numerous prizes for her short stories. An extract from The Coward's Tale won the Daily Telegraph Novel in a Year Competition. In addition, Vanessa has compiled a text book on the art of the short story (Short Circuit - published by Salt) which is now used by creative writing courses throughout the UK and elsewhere and which is endorsed by Bridport, Fish, The Asham Trust and the Frank O'Connor Award. Vanessa has read and performed workshops at numerous festivals, as well as being writer-in-residence at Stockholm University this year. Vanessa is Welsh but lives in Sussex. www.vanessagebbie.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408822630 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408822636 |
| Title | The Coward's Tale |
| Author | Vanessa Gebbie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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