Folk

Folk
Author: Zoe Gilbert
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2018-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408884372

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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.


Folk
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Zoe Gilbert
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-08 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Pages: 344
Authors: Benjamin Filene
Categories: Music
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Pages: 129
Authors: Richard Panchyk
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
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Pages: 608
Authors: Julia Bishop
Categories: Music
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Language: en
Pages: 275
Authors: Ross Cole
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-07 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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