A Spell of Winter
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
$22.63
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2019
Summary
Winner of the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction, now a Penguin Essential
Catherine and her brother, Rob, don’t know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather - ‘the man from nowhere’ - they create a refuge against their family’s dark secrets - and the outside world as it moves towards the First World War. As time passes their sibling love deepens and crosses into forbidden territory - but they are not as alone in th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241986523 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241986524 |
| Author: | Helen Dunmore |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 112mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
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A marvellous novel about forbidden passions * Daily Mail *An intensely gripping book…written so seductively that some passages sing out from the page, like music for the eyes * Sunday Times *A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing * Observer *An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical, dreamy intensity * Guardian *
About The Author
Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children’s author and poet. She published twelve novels including Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She was posthumously awarded the Costa 2017 prize for her poetry collection Inside the Wave.
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