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A first novel of love, obsession and the destruction of a community, told with grace and artistry. It is 1936 in a remote dale in the old county of Westmorland. For centuries the rural community has remained the same - the Lightburn family have been immersed in the harsh hill-farming tradition. Then a man from the city of Manchester arrives, spokesman for a vast industrial project which will devastate both the landscape and the local community. Mardale will be flooded to create a new reservoir. In the coming year this corner of Lakeland will be evacuated and transformed. When Jack Liggett, the Waterworks' representative, begins a troubled affair with Janet Lightburn, things take a further turn for the worse. A woman of force and resolve, her natural orthodoxy deeply influences him. Finally, in tragic circumstances, a remarkable, desperate act on Janet's part attempts to restore the valley to its former state. Told in luminous prose with an intuitive sense for period and place, Haweswater remembers a rural England that has been disappearing for decades, and introduces a young storyteller of great imaginative and emotional power.
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A strikingly original first novel, full not just of fury but also of the most sensitive compassion for the people and the place. -- Margaret Forster
Her prose is rich, clear, cold, full of images and immensely sensual. A remarkable debut. -- The Times, 22 June 2002
Here is a new writer of show-stopping genius; everyone should buy this novel. -- The Guardian, 15 June 2002
She has a poet's feel for original language and imagery. -- The Guardian, 23 March 2002
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Haweswater by Sarah Hall has an intuitive sense for period and place; told in luminous prose, Haweswater remembers a rural England that has been lost for many decades.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0571209254
- ISBN 13 9780571209255
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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