Run to the Western Shore: ‘Surprising, poignant, elemental’ novel from award-winning author - Softcover

Pears, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1800752997 ISBN 13: 9781800752993

Publisher: Swift Press, 2024

Synopsis

'A beautiful love story with an incredible sense of place' - The Times

‘Compact and engrossing . . . a pleasure of a novel’ - Daily Mail

Britain, AD 72. Quintus, a slave long exiled from his people, has travelled to far-flung places under the command of a powerful Roman. Though a citizen of nowhere, he is a man of reason, fluent in many languages. Olwen, a volatile warrior, is rooted in her native land.

Given away by her father as part of a peace treaty, Olwen flees during the night, taking Quintus with her. Hunted by an army, the two make their way across the country, living off the land, heading for the western shore . . .

‘Pears is a master at making you see again landscapes that have long vanished . . . He has an unusual gift for creating characters you want to spend time with - Guardian

About this title

About the Author

Tim Pears is a Lannan Prize-winning author and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His books include In the Place of Fallen Leaves (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award), In A Land of Plenty (made into a ten-part BBC series), Landed (shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, winner of the MJA Open Book Awards), and The West Country Trilogy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Swift Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800752997
• ISBN 13: 9781800752993
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192