History of the Rain
by Niall Williams
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Seller
-
Luddenham, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 2014. Used. 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-grandfather, to grandfather Abraham, to her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the three thousand, nine hundred and fifty eight books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room, beneath the rain. The stories - of her golden twin brother Aeney, their closeness even as he slips away; of their dogged pursuit of the Swains' Impossible Standard and forever falling just short; of the wild, rain-sodden history of fourteen acres of the worst farming land in Ireland - pour forth in Ruthie's still, small, strong, hopeful voice. A celebration of books, love and the healing power of the imagination, this is an exquisite, funny, moving novel in which every sentence sings.
Reviews
On Jul 14 2019, The Old Library Bookshop said:
Water, water everywhere.... This book is written in language that flows like the Shannon in a first person narrative by a young woman with all the love and eccentricities of the two families that produced her. In the course of unfolding her story, Ruth Swain produces a book of her own, a hymn of praise to her family, to poetry, to storytelling as catharsis, to Ireland, and to the river that flows through her heart.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Petes Loved Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Product_1776
- Title
- History of the Rain
- Author
- Niall Williams
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- www.peteslovedbooks.com;
Terms of Sale
Petes Loved Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Petes Loved Books
Biblio member since 2021
Luddenham, New South Wales
About Petes Loved Books
Used Books across all genres in excellent condition. Rare, collectable, fantasy, fiction, self help, business and non fiction with hard covers or paperback available across a range of prices