The Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read: and Other Stories - Hardcover

Hill, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701175966 ISBN 13: 9780701175962

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2003

Synopsis

The boy in The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read knows the language of books - he can read and write; the beekeeper is illiterate - but he knows the arcane names for the special tools of his trade. It's a fair exchange: the boy teaches him how to spell his name; and he teaches the boy the mysterious skills of working daily with his hands- The unspoken understanding of a gift exchanged, the death of a mother, the bonds of loyalty between sisters who will never 'tell' - Susan Hill's prose is so beautiful it can break your heart. She writes cracking dialogue, and has a unique sense of place, be it the English seaside or a seedy Russian hotel.

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Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read

Review:

'The Service of Clouds contains echoes of Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse... Hill is rare among contemporary writers...a meticulous, down-to-earth and strangely beautiful novel.' The Times 'Skilfully structured, seamlessly blending past and present...Hill's lean, sharp prose and consistently detached tone create a severe and rather beautiful book...that flows silkily off the page.' Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0701175966
• ISBN 13: 9780701175962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224