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Title:

THE SHORT DAY DYING

By:

Peter Hobbs

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0571217184

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9780571217182

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Publisher:

FABER & FABER

Pub. date:

16 March, 2006

Pages:

208

Description:

Charles Wenmoth is a blacksmith and Methodist lay-preacher in South-West England. In his relationship with Harriet French, a blind girl who maintains her belief despite her debilitating condition, Wenmoth finds his fragile faith tested in the most trying of circumstances. This is a novel of rural passion set in nineteenth century Cornwall.

Synopsis:

This is a beautiful and highly acclaimed debut novel of rural passion set in nineteenth century Cornwall. Charles Wenmoth is a blacksmith and Methodist lay-preacher in the wildest reaches of South-West England. It is 1870 and Wenmoth devotes his weekdays to work and the Sabbath to walking great distances to preach to dwindling congregations. Charles burns with faith - but it's a faith balanced by his pleasure in nature and the physical world around him. In his relationship with Harriet French, a blind girl who maintains her belief despite her debilitating condition, Wenmoth finds his fragile faith tested in the most trying of circumstances.

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Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Prizes:

Winner of Betty Trask Award 2006 Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2005

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