Haweswater by Sarah Hall
In a remote dale in a northern English county, a centuries-old rural community has survived into the mid-1930s almost unchanged. But then Jack Liggett drives in from the city, the spokesman for a Manchester waterworks company with designs on the landscape for a vast new reservoir.
'First impression: here is a new writer of show-stopping genius; everyone should buy this novel.. I stand by my original impressions. Go forth and buy; prepare to weep'. Helen Falconer, Guardian 'A strikingly original first novel, full not just of fury but also of the most sensitive compassion for the people and the place, and an understanding of both which is rare.' Margaret Forster 'One of the most impressive debuts I have read.' The Times
Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria in 1974. She is the prize-winning author of five novels - Haweswater, The Electric Michelangelo, The Carhullan Army, How to Paint a Dead Man and The Wolf Border - as well as The Beautiful Indifference, a collection of short stories. The first story in the collection, 'Butchers Perfume', was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, a prize she won in 2013 with 'Mrs Fox'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571209309 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571209300 |
| Title | Haweswater |
| Author | Sarah Hall |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2003-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best First Book Eurasia 2003, Short-listed for The Commonwealth Writers Prize (Best First Book) 2003 |
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