Folk

A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 'That rare thing: genuinely unique' OBSERVER 'Will win you over ... Magical' THE TIMES 'Absolutely stunning. I loved it' MADELINE MILLER, AUTHOR OF CIRCE On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.

Product details

• Authors: Zoe Gilbert, Gilbert Zoe
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781408884317
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-8431-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Sea Stories, Magical Realism, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction and Related items, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)