Book 5 of our North West Reads is Haweswater by Sarah Hall. This debut novel, set in the s, takes its inspiration from the creation of the Haweswater Reservoir and the flooding of Mardale in the County of Westmoreland. Mardale was a quiet, hard-working farming community, used to the vagaries of the weather and its changeable nature. · by Sarah Hall ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, A doomed loved story played out against the planned destruction of an English rural community. This first novel by British author Hall (her Booker-shortlisted The Electric Michelangelo was published in the US in ) uses a real episode—the building of the Haweswater dam in Westmorland in the s—as the foundation for a two-pronged . Book 5 of our North West Reads is Haweswater by Sarah Hall. This debut novel, set in the s, takes its inspiration from the creation of the Haweswater Reservoir and the flooding of Mardale in the County of Westmoreland. Mardale was a quiet, hard-working farming community, used to the vagaries of the weather and its changeable nature.
Click to read more about Haweswater by Sarah Hall. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Haweswater by Sarah Hall is a fictionalized account of building the Haweswater reservoir in Cumbria. The building of the dam is a background for the stories of delicately crafted characters, but also a force behind their fates, a looming presence. There is a story of a place, a village that was destroyed and then flooded. There is a love story. Burntcoat - Sarah Hall Sale! £ £ Add to basket; The Dark Film: Paul Farley Sale! £ £ Add to basket; The Drowned Book - Sean O'Brien Sale! £ £ Add to basket; The Art of Falling - Kim Moore The Drowned Book - Sean O'Brien.
Grandly lyrical For all its overtones of Hardy and Lawrence, Haweswater tells the a story of a rural tradition drowned by development that echoes across cultures and continents. Independent Whig. The skill that the author displays in drawing her characters, as well as her acute sensitivity to the landscape in which her story is set make this one of the most impressive debuts I have ever read. Haweswater by Sarah Hall. pp, Faber, £ First impression: here is a new writer of show-stopping genius; everyone should buy this novel. Second impression: unremitting melancholy. Book 5 of our North West Reads is Haweswater by Sarah Hall. This debut novel, set in the s, takes its inspiration from the creation of the Haweswater Reservoir and the flooding of Mardale in the County of Westmoreland. Mardale was a quiet, hard-working farming community, used to the vagaries of the weather and its changeable nature.
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