| Martha, Jack and Shanco Contributor(s): Lewis, Caryl (Author), Davies, Gwen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1905762313 ISBN-13: 9781905762316 Publisher: Parthian OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Martha, Jack & Shanco is a strong and captivating novel which focuses on the story of two elderly brothers and their sister who are bound by family circumstances to a life of hardship on a rural farm in south west Wales. Primeval in setting and content, this is a novel where the land itself with the beasts of the farm and the raucous crows animate the narrative. Lewis brings to life the Welsh rural tradition of farms being passed from generation to generation, and the problems that this can cause. The siblings have had their home passed down to them, and as they cannot afford to sell up and split the profits, are tied to it indefinitely. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.67" W x 8.47" (0.47 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The coldness of the climate, the dark, the harshness of country life: all are woven into the fabric of a raw and timeless story where the portrayal of the animal world is unflinching, and the human beast plods on relentlessly toward what seems the inevitability of the tragic end. |