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Spill Simmer Falter Wither
A critically acclaimed debut novel praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride), this captivating story...
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A critically acclaimed debut novel praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride), this captivating story follows a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog.
It is springtime, and two outcasts--a man ignored, even shunned by his village, and the one-eyed dog he takes into his quiet, tightly shuttered life--find each other, by accident or fate, and forge an unlikely connection. As their friendship grows, their small seaside town falsely perceives menace where there is only mishap--and the duo must take to the road.
Gorgeously written in poetic and mesmerizing prose, Spill Simmer Falter Wither is one of those rare stories that utterly and completely imagines its way into a life most of us would never see. It transforms us in our understanding not only of the world, but also of ourselves.
Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature * Winner of the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award * Short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award * Long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize * Long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award 2015, Readers' Choice * Long-listed for the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 * Long-listed for 2015 Edinburgh First Novel Award
"A deeply attuned portrait of the human mind...An unsettling literary surprise of the best sort."--Atlantic
"This book is like a flame in daylight: beautiful and unexpected."--Anne Enright
"A man-and-his-dog story like no other."--San Francisco Chronicle
"[Spill Simmer Falter Wither] hums with its own distinctiveness."--Guardian (UK)
Author: Sara Baume
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 03/01/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780544954618
About the Author
Sara Baume studied fine art before earning a Master's in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in the The Moth, The Stinging Fly, the Irish Independent, and others. She won the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and the 2015 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. She lives in Cork with her two dogs.
It is springtime, and two outcasts--a man ignored, even shunned by his village, and the one-eyed dog he takes into his quiet, tightly shuttered life--find each other, by accident or fate, and forge an unlikely connection. As their friendship grows, their small seaside town falsely perceives menace where there is only mishap--and the duo must take to the road.
Gorgeously written in poetic and mesmerizing prose, Spill Simmer Falter Wither is one of those rare stories that utterly and completely imagines its way into a life most of us would never see. It transforms us in our understanding not only of the world, but also of ourselves.
Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature * Winner of the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award * Short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award * Long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize * Long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award 2015, Readers' Choice * Long-listed for the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 * Long-listed for 2015 Edinburgh First Novel Award
"A deeply attuned portrait of the human mind...An unsettling literary surprise of the best sort."--Atlantic
"This book is like a flame in daylight: beautiful and unexpected."--Anne Enright
"A man-and-his-dog story like no other."--San Francisco Chronicle
"[Spill Simmer Falter Wither] hums with its own distinctiveness."--Guardian (UK)
Author: Sara Baume
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 03/01/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780544954618
About the Author
Sara Baume studied fine art before earning a Master's in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in the The Moth, The Stinging Fly, the Irish Independent, and others. She won the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and the 2015 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. She lives in Cork with her two dogs.
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