Helm by Sarah Hall

Helm by Sarah Hall

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Independent, and the Chicago Public Library * From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that explores faith, connection, and our relationship to the natural world.

"A moving, urgent novel."

--The New York Times Book Review

Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind -- a subject of folklore and awe, part-elemental god, part-aerial demon blasting through the sublime landscape of Northern England since the dawn of time.

Through the stories of those who've obsessed over Helm, an extraordinary history is formed: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate Helm, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish Helm, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture Helm -- and the farmer's daughter who fiercely loved Helm. But now Dr. Selima Sutar, surrounded by infinite clouds and measuring instruments in her observation hut, fears human pollution is killing Helm.

Rich, wild, and vital, Helm is the story of a singular life force, and of the relationship between nature and people, neither of whom can weather life without the other.

Hall, Sarah: - Sarah Hall is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, having been educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol. Her work focuses on advancing cultural economy approaches to understanding of markets, power and elites under conditions of finance-led capitalism. Supported by funding from the Economic and Social Research council, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust and the Nuffield Foundation, her research mostly centres on London′s international financial district and its relations with North America, Europe and, increasingly, China. Her work has been pubished in a number of leading academic journals. She was appointed an Editor of the journal Goeoforum in 2013 and held a British Academy Mid Career Fellowship in 2015-2017.

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ISBN 13	9780063439948
ISBN 10	0063439948
Title	Helm
Author	Sarah Hall
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2025-11-04
Number of pages	368
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