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History of the rain : a novel / Niall Williams.
Ruthie Swain, the bedridden daughter of a dead poet, tries to find her father through stories--and through generations of family history in County Clare.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620406472 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 358 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain in 2014"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Fathers and daughters > Fiction. Poets > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Clare (Ireland) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Willi | 31681002481273 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Ruthie Swain, the bedridden daughter of a dead poet, tries to find her father through stories -- and through generations of family history in County Clare. - Baker & Taylor
The bed-ridden daughter of a dead poet struggles to find her father through the stories that are central to her world, an effort that takes her through family writings, oral traditions, her father's library and her own writing. By the best-selling author of Four Letters of Love. 25,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
The bedridden daughter of a dead poet struggles to find her father through the stories that are central to her world, an effort that takes her through family writings, oral traditions, her father's library, and her own writing. - McMillan Palgrave
Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father, Virgil. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces, and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to her grandfather Abraham, and finally to Virgil, through wild, rain-sodden history, exploits in pole-vaulting and salmon-fishing, poetry, and the 3,958 books piled high beneath the skylights in her room. Her funny, meandering narrative sings, moves, and irrevocably inspires. - McMillan Palgrave
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. "Beautiful and enchanting, a novel that weaves a love of literature into its own moving tale." --The Guardian
