The award-winning author of All the Birds, Singing, Evie Wyld returns with a haunting, beautifully intricate and psychologically fearless novel. The Bass Rock charts the stories of three women, far apart in time but interlinked by the eponymous rock on the Scottish coast, exploring the emotional and physical restraint imposed on them by the men in their lives. Written with profound insight and startling honesty, The Bass Rock cements Wyld’s place as one of the bravest, most distinctive voices in contemporary fiction.
'A modern gothic triumph. Spectacularly well-observed, profoundly disquieting and utterly riveting. Like all Evie Wyld's work it is startlingly insightful about psychological and physical abuse. It is a haunting, masterful novel.' -Max Porter
Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to each other.
In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a new husband and the strange waters of the local community.
Six decades later, the house stands empty. Viv, mourning the death of her father, catalogues Ruth's belongings and discovers her place in the past - and perhaps a way forward.
Each woman's choices are circumscribed, in ways big and small, by the men in their lives. But in sisterhood there is the hope of survival and new life. Intricately crafted and compulsively readable, The Bass Rock burns bright with anger and love.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781911214397
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 510 g
Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 33 mm
I lingered over every sentence in this stunning book. Three female narratives through time is a difficult thing to pull off but Evie Wyld does this with sparkling, electric grace. It is a book filled with deep... More
Was completely mesmerised by this latest offering from Evie Wyld. Her style is meandering and thoughtful and her books tend to evoke meaning or feeling rather than presenting you with a plot that ties itself together... More
There's no denying that Wyld's writing is striking, atmospheric and lyrical. The multi-generational protagonists were interesting, and flawed, and three dimensional, and the shifting viewpoints and... More
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