{"product_id":"west-paperback","title":"West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarys Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) * \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(UK) * \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e * The Los Angeles Public Library * \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Independent \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eReal Simple *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Carys Davies is a deft, audacious visionary.\" --T a Obreht\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen widowed mule breeder Cy Bellman reads in the newspaper that colossal ancient bones have been discovered in the salty Kentucky mud, he sets out from his small Pennsylvania farm to see for himself if the rumors are true: that the giant monsters are still alive and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River. Promising to write and to return in two years, he leaves behind his only daughter, Bess, to the tender mercies of his taciturn sister and heads west. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith only a barnyard full of miserable animals and her dead mother's gold ring to call her own, Bess, unprotected and approaching womanhood, fills lonely days tracing her father's route on maps at the subscription library and waiting for his letters to arrive. Bellman, meanwhile, wanders farther and farther from home, across harsh and alien landscapes, in reckless pursuit of the unknown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Frank O'Connor Award winner Carys Davies, \u003ci\u003eWest \u003c\/i\u003eis a spellbinding and timeless epic-in-miniature, an eerie parable of the American frontier and an electric monument to possibility.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarys Davies's debut novel \u003ci\u003eWest\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, runner-up for the Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize, and winner of the Wales Book of the Year for Fiction. She is also the author of two collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eSome New Ambush\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Redemption of Galen Pike\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. Her other awards include the Royal Society of Literature's V.S. Pritchett Prize, the Society of Authors' Olive Cook Short Story Award, a Northern Writers' Award, and a Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library. Born in Wales, she lived and worked for twelve years in New York and Chicago, and now lives in Edinburgh. \u003ci\u003eThe Mission House\u003c\/i\u003e is her most recent novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033615266093,"sku":"9781501179358","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/M0M1QWFjcTBDTjVkYnFZS2dSTmNpQT09.webp?v=1777618033","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/west-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}