Synopsis
Spans 250 years of the diaspora. It tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through different epochs and continents: one as a missionary to Liberia in the 1830s, one a pioneer on a wagon trail to the American West, and one a GI posted to a Yorkshire village in World War II.
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"A compassionate, forceful and profoundly moving revelation" (Scotland on Sunday)
"[T]here are gems of impassioned writing quilted within this ambitious cross-cultural novel of loss and reconciliation" (Sunday Times)
"Epic and frequently astonishing" (The Times)
"Crossing the River is dense with event and ingeniously structured. It requires concentration and is worth it" (Independent)
"An ambitious exploration of oppression, loss and reconciliation that employs a collage of styles and ranges across continents and centuries" (Nicci Gerrard Observer)
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A Booker shortlisted novel by one of the finest writers of his generation
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