Sal
von Mick Kitson
240 Seiten; 197 mm x 129 mm
Sprache English
Main
2019 Canongate Books
ISBN 978-1-78689-191-4
Besprechung
Kitson writes clearly and concisely . . . The girls' capability, humanity and humour are inspiring and wonderful. Sal is an ambitious and skilled novel. Literature needs more stories like this JENNI FAGAN Guardian
Langtext
WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN OBSERVER 'NEW FACE OF FICTION 2018'
This is a story of something like survival.
Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. And now Sal knows a lot of stuff. Like how to build a shelter and start a fire. How to estimate distances, snare rabbits and shoot an airgun. And how to protect her sister, Peppa. Because Peppa is ten, which is how old Sal was when Robert started on her.
Told in Sal's distinctive voice, and filled with the silent, dizzying beauty of rural Scotland, Sal is a disturbing, uplifting story of survival, of the kindness of strangers, and the irrepressible power of sisterly love; a love that can lead us to do extraordinary and unimaginable things.
Beschreibung für Leser
Ausgezeichnet: Saltire Society First Book of the Year, 2018.Nominiert: Wales Book of the Year, 2019
Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern
Mick Kitson was born in South Wales, and studied English at university before launching the prolific 80s pop band, The Senators, with his brother Jim. He worked as a journalist for several years, then went on to become an English teacher. His debut novel, Sal, was the winner of the Saltire First Book Award. Mick lives in Fife, Scotland.