{"product_id":"land-maggie-ofarrell-9781472289094","title":"Land (Maggie O'Farrell)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A heart-bursting story of resilience and love'  LOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A story that has such heart' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly magical. A brilliant and powerful novel' ALICE WINN\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent... a feat of the historical imagination'\u003ci\u003e INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of vigour... O'Farrell excels' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As visceral as a novel can get'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eYAEL VAN DER WOUDEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLand \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMaggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the  Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e no. 1 bestsellers.  Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of three books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO, THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK and WHEN THE STAMMER CAME TO STAY. She lives in Edinburgh.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Englisch, 448 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65920183468381,"sku":"K010443644","price":17.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1044364400001A.jpg?v=1789400328","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/land-maggie-ofarrell-9781472289094","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}