The Long Dry
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Granta Books
Published:3rd Jul '14
Should be back in stock very soon
A potent, prize-winning novel of rural life and familial loss - and an unforgettable introduction to one of the most distinctive new voices in British fiction
When the farmer wakes at dawn, he can already feel the heat of the day rising and the silence from his wife hanging heavy in the air. As he sets out across his parched fields to find a missing cow, his mind starts to turn over the dreams he harbours, the cares he and his wife both carry alone, and the uneasy sense that something is about to change. Written with clarity and depth, this is a powerful novel about the fragility of life and the small, unseen moments upon which fate twists.
The Long Dry is undoubtedly an impressive debut -- Keith Hopper * TLS *
Lovely, poignant [and] resonant -- Sarah Waters
From first to last, through spare style, human empathy, and wonderfully observed detail, Jones attains a pitch of emotional involvement that is mesmerising. The effect is beautiful -- Tim Pears, author * In the Place of Fallen Leaves *
A truly wonderful book. Jones has a Faulknerian feel for landscape and his sentences carry you forward on their own peculiar beauty. Surely one of the best debut novels of recent years -- Jonathan Lee, author * Who is Mr Satoshi? *
A paean to the corruptibility of the flesh... characterised by moments of startling imagery and stirringly intense lyrical beauty. A wee, wonderful book -- Niall Griffiths
A convincing glimpse of life in all its beauty and sadness * Big Issue *
Bold and punctuated with some scintillating imagery, this is a near perfect debut * Western Mail *
Powerful... highly recommended * Library Journal *
ISBN: 9781783780402
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm
Weight: 88g
112 pages