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The reissue in Vintage Classics marks the 20th anniversary of first publication.
At the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. It is the fixed point in a book that spans three hundred years. Different voices tell the story of Ulverton: one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromwell.
Told through diaries, sermons, letters, drunken pub conversations and film scripts this is a masterful novel that reconstructs the unrecorded history of England.
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Made up of twelve self-contained narratives set in the fictional village of Ulverton from 1650 to 1988, each section of the novel, with the exception of the final chapter, has a narrator who is also the principle character. Chapters take the form of a diary, a narrators stream-of-consciousness, a series of letters and a traditional first person narrative.
Ulverton is extraordinary in scope and ambition and the imaginative way that it deals with three centuries of seemingly authentic private experiences in rural England.
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Ulverton is extraordinary in scope and ambition and the imaginative way that it deals with three centuries of seemingly authentic private experiences in rural England.
ADAM THORPE was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, was published in 1992, and he has published two books of stories and six poetry collections -- most recently Voluntary. His new translation of Madame Bovary has just been published. He lives in France with his wife and family.
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 009957344X
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The sensational debut novel by Adam Thorpe, now regarded as a 20th century classic.Immerse yourself in the stories of Ulverton, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime'Sometimes you forget that it is a novel, and believe for a moment that you are really hearing the voice of the dead' Hilary MantelAt the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. It is the fixed point in a book that spans three hundred years. Different voices tell the story of Ulverton- one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromwell.Told through diaries, sermons, letters, drunken pub conversations and film scripts, this is a masterful novel that reconstructs the unrecorded history of England.WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM ROBERT MACFARLANE Immerse yourself in the stories of Ulverton, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime'Sometimes you forget that it is a novel, and believe for a moment that you are really hearing the voice of the dead' Hilary MantelAt the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099573449
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