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History of rain

Paperback • 2014 • English • 1. edition

History of rain

By Niall Williams

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About the book

We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story... Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfat...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781408852033

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2014

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

History of rain

Format

Paperback

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