The Fell

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Summerwater, The Fell is a novel for our times – the story of a woman who can’t take isolation any more and goes hill-walking at dusk . . . From Sarah Moss, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall, comes a story about the circumstances and the consequences of isolation.‘A tense page-turner . . . I gulped The Fell down in one sitting’ - Emma Donoghue‘Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist’s can be’ - The TimesAt dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of two weeks of Covid isolation, but she just can’t take it any more – the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know.But Kate’s neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate’s son, soon realizes she’s missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk – a breath of open air – falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain-rescue operation . . .Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, The Fell asks probing questions about the place the world has become since the first Covid lockdown in March 2020, and the place it was before. This novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive.‘Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory’ - Paula Hawkins‘This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year’ - Rachel Joyce‘One of our very best contemporary novelists’ - Independent

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Summerwater, The Fell is a novel for our times – the story of a woman who can’t take isolation any more and goes hill-walking at dusk . . . From Sarah Moss, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall, comes a tense and revelatory page-turner about the consequences of isolation during lockdown.'I gulped The Fell down in one sitting' – Emma Donoghue'Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist's can be' – The TimesAt dusk on a November evening in 2020, Kate slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. In the middle of two weeks of Covid quarantine, she just can't take the confinement any more. The moor will be deserted at this time, and nobody need ever know.But Kate's neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate's son, soon realizes she's missing. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain rescue operation as Kate, who planned only a quick breath of open air, falls and badly injures herself.Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, The Fell asks probing questions about the world since the first Covid lockdown, and the place it was before. This intense masterpiece is a story about compassion, kindness and the lengths we must go to survive.'Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory' – Paula Hawkins'An intense masterpiece and one of my best books of the year' – Rachel Joyce'One of our very best contemporary novelists' – Independent

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?A tense page-turner . . . I gulped The Fell down in one sitting? - Emma Donoghue?Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist?s can be? - The TimesAt dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of two weeks of isolation, but she just can?t take it any more ? the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know.But Kate?s neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate?s son, soon realizes she?s missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk ? a breath of open air ? falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain-rescue operation . . .Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, The Fell asks probing questions about the place the world has become since March 2020, and the place it was before. This novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive.?Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory? - Paula Hawkins?This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year? - Rachel Joyce?One of our very best contemporary novelists? - Independent

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Sarah Moss (Auteur) - Verschenen op 27/10/2022 bij Palgrave Macmillan

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Pages: 192, Edition: 1, Paperback, Palgrave Macmillan