| THE LONG DRY - Cynan Jones | |
a serious, thoughtful and, at times, genuinely moving work. bold and punctuated with some scintillating imagery, this is a near perfect debut (this) story reinvigorated my belief in humanity and in men.
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Betty Trask award winner 2007 Waking up early to check the cattle, Gareth notices one of the calving cows is missing and sets off to find her before the sun gets too strong. What follows is a search through memory and anxiety about losing what he has as Gareth walks the land looking for the missing cow. The day unfolds, and the cow’s behaviour emerges as a metaphor for the relationship between Gareth and his wife Kate as they stumble on desperately in their changing care for each other. Only the reader is aware of the tragedy that awaits the family a few days down the line, throwing the story into shadow with a terrible poignancy. Cynan Jones was born in Wales in 1975. The Long Dry is his first published novel. He currently works freelance in the wine industry, part time on a building site and has a small wine shop in Aberaeron. £6.99 ISBN: 9781905762583
Click here to read Cynan Jones describing life as an author in Aberaeron |
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