A Rooted Sorrow
Published on 14. July 2013
256 pages
978-1-4719-0080-8 (ISBN)
Description
Mike Hurst, tormented by events that happened five years ago, returns to the cottage he still owns and the location of past revelations.
The place hasn't changed, but the people have, and he finds himself involved in a fresh net of personal discoveries, all rooted in the past and bedevilled by it, but all making it more difficult for him to find the solution he has come back to seek ...
'This is a haunting novel for the thoughtful reader by one of Britain's most gifted storytellers' Chicago Tribune
The place hasn't changed, but the people have, and he finds himself involved in a fresh net of personal discoveries, all rooted in the past and bedevilled by it, but all making it more difficult for him to find the solution he has come back to seek ...
'This is a haunting novel for the thoughtful reader by one of Britain's most gifted storytellers' Chicago Tribune
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4719-0080-8 (9781471900808)
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Praised by critics for his clean prose style, characterization, and the strong sense of place in his novels, Philip Maitland Hubbard was born in Reading, in Berkshire and brought up in Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. He was educated at Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for English verse in 1933. From 1934 until its disbandment in 1947 he served with the Indian Civil Service. On his return to England he worked for the British Council, eventually retiring to work as a freelance writer. He contributed to a number of publications, including Punch, and wrote 16 novels for adults as well as two children's books. He lived in Dorset and Scotland, and many of his novels draw on his interest in and knowledge of rural pursuits and folk religion.
