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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Publication date
March 3, 2012
Pages
280
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781907650000
ISBN-10
1907650008
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.75 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$15.99
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The first novel from, the renowned storyteller Hugh Lupton opens with a scene that could be straight out of Thomas Hardy… A helpless observer of the damage that enclosure is doing to his beloved landscape and the people who live there, a young man torn between romantic love for his muse, Mary Joyce, and the consequences of a moment's folly with a woman named Betsy Jackson, Clare comes to see that ' the bright world has begun, one by one, to break its promises.' Yet, while the immediate causes of his grief and disillusionment are personal, they are always intricately linked to what is happening to the land - and it is to Lupton's great credit that, in this engaging and lyrical novel, he brings this relationship between emotional and psychological life and the environment into play at every turn. This vision transforms a bittersweet love story that takes place 'seven generations ago' into a study of the politics of land use, revealing the true nature of British agriculture as systematic exploitation of land and people whose tragic consequences Lupton notes in an afterward, 'we are reaping the full harvest of today. " John Burnside in The Times In this beautifully crafted book, Lupton has focused on one pivotal year of Clare's life; one that foretells the misery and mental problems that would beset him in later years. But, this is not a book about just one man; it is about a society undergoing colossal upheavals from which the English countryside and its people have never recovered, when the Enclosures Act brings with it riches for some but abject poverty for many. Lupton has brought to bear his vast understanding of English folklore and culture, and produced an exceptional evocation of an England lost." Kathy Stevenson in The Daily Mail
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Dedalus Ltd (March 3, 2012)
9781907650000 | details & prices | 280 pages | 4.75 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $15.99
About: The first novel from, the renowned storyteller Hugh Lupton opens with a scene that could be straight out of Thomas Hardy… A helpless observer of the damage that enclosure is doing to his beloved landscape and the people who live there, a young man torn between romantic love for his muse, Mary Joyce, and the consequences of a moment's folly with a woman named Betsy Jackson, Clare comes to see that ' the bright world has begun, one by one, to break its promises.
About: The first novel from, the renowned storyteller Hugh Lupton opens with a scene that could be straight out of Thomas Hardy… A helpless observer of the damage that enclosure is doing to his beloved landscape and the people who live there, a young man torn between romantic love for his muse, Mary Joyce, and the consequences of a moment's folly with a woman named Betsy Jackson, Clare comes to see that ' the bright world has begun, one by one, to break its promises.
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