{"product_id":"clear-carys-davies-hardcover","title":"Clear -- Carys Davies, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to \"clear\" the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving--an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland--Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff and is found, unconscious and badly injured, by Ivar who takes him home and tends to his wounds. The two men do not speak a common language, but as John builds a dictionary of Ivar's world, they learn to communicate and, as Ivar sees himself for the first time in decades reflected through the eyes of another person, they build a fragile, unusual connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfolding in the 1840s in the final stages of the infamous Scottish Clearances--which saw whole communities of the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced evictions--this singular, beautiful, deeply surprising novel explores the differences and connections between us, the way history shapes our deepest convictions, and how the human spirit can survive despite all odds. Moving and unpredictable, sensitive and spellbinding, \u003ci\u003eClear\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and pleasurable read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carys Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668030660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarys Davies's debut novel \u003ci\u003eWest\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, runner-up for the Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize, and winner of the Wales Book of the Year for Fiction. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mission House\u003c\/i\u003e, which was \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) 2020 Novel of the Year, and two collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eSome New Ambush\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Redemption of Galen Pike\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. Her other awards include the Royal Society of Literature's V.S. Pritchett Prize, the Society of Authors' Olive Cook Short Story Award, and a Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library. Born in Wales, she lived and worked for twelve years in New York and Chicago, and now lives in Edinburgh. \u003ci\u003eClear\u003c\/i\u003e is her most recent novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carys Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45674496426212,"sku":"9781668030660","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781668030660.jpg?v=1777187084","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/clear-carys-davies-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}