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Harvest: Man Booker Prize Finalist
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ISBN10: 0307278972
ISBN13: 9780307278975
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Sep 20 2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Awards: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
ISBN13: 9780307278975
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Sep 20 2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Awards: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE - In this hauntingly evoked portrait of rural life, Jim Crace skillfully unravels the delicate fabric of a community in the wake of economic progress. In his compassionate curiosity and his instincts for insurgent uncertainty, Crace surely ranks among our greatest novelists of radical upheaval, a perfect fit for our unstable, unforgiving age. --The New York Times Book Review
On the morning after harvest, the inhabitants of a remote English village awaken looking forward to a hard-earned day of rest and feasting at their landowner's table. But the sky is marred by two conspicuous columns of smoke, replacing pleasurable anticipation with alarm and suspicion. One smoke column is the result of an overnight fire that has damaged the master's outbuildings. The second column rises from the wooded edge of the village, sent up by newcomers to announce their presence. In the minds of the wary villagers a mere coincidence of events appears to be unlikely, with violent confrontation looming as the unavoidable outcome. Meanwhile, another newcomer has recently been spotted taking careful notes and making drawings of the land. It is his presence more than any other that will threaten the village's entire way of life. In effortless and tender prose, Jim Crace details the unraveling of a pastoral idyll in the wake of economic progress. His tale is timeless and unsettling, framed by a beautifully evoked world that will linger in your memory long after you finish reading.
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