History of the Rain

One review on 12 Apr 2015

First Published: 2014

Fiction

History of the Rain

Author: Niall Williams

synopsis extract: Told from point of view of a young woman with a debilitating (?bone marrow/blood) condition story of her parents and grandparents and life in a West Clare village on the banks of the Shannon. ...

Publisher:

Kindle

Date first read: Sun 12th Apr 2015

Format: Kindle

Catalogued: 3rd Dec 2024

Synopsis

Told from point of view of a young woman with a debilitating (?bone marrow/blood) condition story of her parents and grandparents and life in a West Clare village on the banks of the Shannon. Contemporary setting (2014)

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Review of "History of the Rain"

by Roger on Sun 12th Apr 2015.

Full of literary quotes and references and slightly self consciously poetic form of writing but none the worse for it. Very much in the style of Irish literary writing which I enjoy. (Booker 2014 longlist)

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