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Zusatztext A brilliant story of dysfunctional families Informationen zum Autor Sarah Moss is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin’s School of English, Drama and Film in the Republic of Ireland. She has published six novels as well as a number of non-fiction works. Her work has been nominated three times for the Wellcome Book Prize., Sarah Moss is the author of several novels and a memoir of her year living in Iceland, Names for the Sea , shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Her novels are Summerwater , Cold Earth , Night Waking , Bodies of Light (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), Signs for Lost Children (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), The Tidal Zone (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize) and Ghost Wall, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2019. Sarah was born in Glasgow and grew up in the north of England. After moving between Oxford, Canterbury, Reykjavik and West Cornwall, she now lives in the Midlands and is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. Klappentext The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, l onglisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall , Sarah Moss. Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish Highlands. 'Superb' - The Times 'Sharp, searching . . . utterly of the moment' - Hilary Mantel 'Beautifully written, intense, powerful' - David Nicholls It is the summer solstice, but in a faded Scottish cabin park the rain is unrelenting. Twelve people on holiday with their families look on as the skies remain resolutely grey. A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a teenage boy chances the dark waters of the loch in his kayak; a retired couple head out despite the downpour, driving too fast on the familiar bends. But there are newcomers too, and one particular family, a mother and daughter with the wrong clothes and the wrong manners, start to draw the attention of the others. Who are they? Where are they from? As darkness finally falls, something is unravelling . . . 'A masterpiece' - Jessie Burton 'One of her best' - Irish Times 'So accomplished' - Guardian Vorwort The devastating Sunday Times bestselling novel from Sarah Moss, author of Women's Prize longlisted Ghost Wall. Zusammenfassung The devastating Sunday Times bestselling novel from Sarah Moss, author of Women's Prize longlisted Ghost Wall....
