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An evening with… Carys Davies

March 26 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

£10.00 – £18.00

This is an evening not to be missed! We are delighted to be welcoming Carys Davies to the Book-ish Loft to celebrate the publication of Clear in paperback. If you didn’t read it in hardback then you’re in for a treat! And if you did, then now’s your chance to hear from the author and ask those burning questions! All tickets include a glass of wine or soft drink and there will the opportunity to have books signed.

Book teaser
1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an impoverished church minister sent to evict Ivar and turn the island into grazing land for sheep. Unaware of the stranger’s intentions, Ivar takes him into his home, and in spite of the two men having no common language, a fragile bond begins to form between them. Meanwhile on the mainland, John’s wife Mary anxiously awaits news of his mission.

Against the rugged backdrop of this faraway spot beyond Shetland, Carys Davies’s intimate drama unfolds with tension and tenderness: a touching and crystalline study of ordinary people buffeted by history and a powerful exploration of the distances and connections between us. Perfectly structured and surprising at every turn, Clear is a marvel of storytelling, an exquisite short novel by a master of the form.

Reviews:

A Vogue Best Book of 2024 |  A Guardian Best Book of 2024 | A New York Times Top Ten Best Historical Fiction Book of 2024 | A Washington Post 2024 Notable Work of Fiction | A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick

‘An astonishing novel.’ The Scotsman

‘Gripping…like a thriller set against a history lesson rendered fantastically vivid.’Vogue

‘Wonderfully atmospheric.’—The Sunday Times

‘A marvel of eloquent restraint.’—The Observer

‘Daring and necessary.’The New York Times

‘A story with the electric hum of a thriller…a slim, masterfully carved gem.’Evening Standard

‘Superb’—Scott Simon, NPR

A jewel of a novel…It’s hard to overstate how deftly and viscerally Davies’s prose conveys this world. We see and hear and smell it, shiver with it.Every scene is imbued with austere beauty…Davies’s prose, bone-clean and achingly simple, moves with hymn-like richness…What quietly happens feels astonishing.’Washington Post

‘[An] epic in miniature. Davies manages to pack more drama and nuance into 150 pages than other authors manage in novels twice that length.’The Spectator

‘A love letter to the scorching power of language, a power that Davies has long understood. She writes with amazing economy: in a few words she can summon worlds…Davies is a writer of immense talent and deep humanity, capable of balancing devastating audacity with equally devastating restraint’The Guardian

‘Deeply affecting.’The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2024

‘An exquisitely told story of the coming together of souls in a remote location…sublime.’Prima Magazine

‘Novels this unassuming, surprising and profound are special indeed.’Claire Allfree, Tortoise Media

‘Tender, riveting and inventive is Clear, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath away.’—Sarah Jessica Parker

Details

Date:
March 26
Time:
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Cost:
£10.00 – £18.00
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Bookish
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Book-ish Crickhowell
18 High Street, Crickhowell, NP8 1BD
Crickhowell, NP8 1BD
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