{"product_id":"cuddy-benjamin-myers","title":"Cuddy (Benjamin Myers)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize**\u003cbr\u003e**Chosen as a book of the year 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An epic the north has long deserved' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES                             \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sensational piece of storytelling . A singular and significant achievement' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous, artful, enchanted' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cements Myers's standing as one of our finest, and most deftly imaginative, writers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI NEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuddy \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, \u003ci\u003eCuddy\u003c\/i\u003e straddles historical eras - from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way we meet brewers and masons, archers and academics, monks and labourers, their visionary voices and stories echoing through their ancestors and down the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd all the while at the centre sits Durham Cathedral and the lives of those who live and work around this place of pilgrimage - their dreams, desires, connections and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Myers was born in Durham in 1976. He is the author of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an international bestseller and selected for the Radio 2 Book Club; \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and has been adapted as a BBC series by Shane Meadows; \u003ci\u003eBeastings \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was awarded the Portico Prize for Literature, and \u003ci\u003ePig Iron\u003c\/i\u003e which won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize. He has also published non-fiction, poetry and crime novels and his journalism has appeared in publications including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaught by the River \u003c\/i\u003eand many more. He lives in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e benjaminmyerswriter.com \/ @BenMyers1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 464 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65852847751517,"sku":"K097066570","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9706657000001A.jpg?v=1788820716","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/cuddy-benjamin-myers","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}