WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD.
A couple lie naked in the dunes at Baritone Bay, at the spot where, almost thirty years before, they had first had sex as students. Nostalgia has sent Celice and Joseph back to their singing stretch of coast, but in the seeming calm of the afternoon they meet a brutal and unexpected fate – one which will still their bodies but not their love, and certainly not their story.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
A couple lie naked in the dunes at Baritone Bay, at the spot where, almost thirty years before, they had first had sex as students. Nostalgia has sent Celice and Joseph back to their singing stretch of coast, but in the seeming calm of the afternoon they meet a brutal and unexpected fate – one which will still their bodies but not their love, and certainly not their story.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447250326
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 164 g
Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 14 mm
‘An extraordinarily moving love story’ Observer
‘A work of near-genius’ Literary Review
‘A swirling symphonic celebration of the glory of the natural world’ The Times
‘Intensely imagined and deeply felt’ Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
‘One of the most haunting books I read this year’ Carol Shields, Guardian
‘Magnificent’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Astonishing’ Daily Telegraph
‘A classic’ Independent on Sunday
Whilst the subject of the book may seem a little morbid, it’s a beautifully told story that makes you consider what’s important in life (and death). It’s one of those books that changed the way I see the world and... More
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