Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs
Charles Wenmouth is a young blacksmith and Methodist lay preacher in the furthest, widest reaches of south-west England. It is 1870 and preachers such as Wenmouth devote their Sundays to walking great distances across country to preach morning and evening to ever dwindling congregations. Wenmouth himself burns with faith, but it is a faith that is balanced by the pleasures he takes in nature and the world around him. His only distraction is a local blind girl, Harriet French, whom he is drawn to by the faith she maintains despite her debilitating condition. Over the course of one long Sabbath, after preaching morning through evening, Wenmouth returns to his village and devastating news. Will he finally begin to face the doubt that has threatened to consume him for many years past?
Peter Hobbs grew up in Cornwall and Yorkshire, and lives in London. The Short Day Dying is his first novel. A collection of stories will be published by Faber in 2006.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571217151 |
| ISBN 10 | 057121715X |
| Title | Short Day Dying |
| Author | Peter Hobbs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2005-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Winner of Betty Trask Award 2006, Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2007, Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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