{"product_id":"whale-fall-elizabeth-oconnor","title":"Whale Fall (Elizabeth O'Connor)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC 'Between the Covers' Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 Betty Trask Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm Tóibín\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Best Debut of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1938 and on an island off the coast of Wales, Manod is trying to imagine her future. Her choices are stark: she must either stay and look after her father's house, in the wild landscape that drove her mother to madness, or marry and leave. And so, when two English anthropologists arrive on the island, Manod senses the possibility of a thrilling new life. But, as she becomes entangled in their work, and their strange relationship, the outside world she had yearned for appears a much darker place than she could ever have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth O'Connor's beautiful, devastating debut \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The quiet cadences of \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e contain a deep melody of loss held and let go. It is a gentle, tough story about profound change' - \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eElizabeth O'Connor lives in Birmingham. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and she was the winner of The White Review Short Story Prize in 2020. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Birmingham, on the modernist writer H.D. and her writing of coastal landscapes. \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65835087331677,"sku":"K097762061","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9776206100001A.jpg?v=1788723654","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/whale-fall-elizabeth-oconnor","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}