History of the rain
Williams, Niall, 1958-2014
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Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to grandfather Abraham, to her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the 3958 books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room, beneath the rain.
Main title:
History of the rain / Niall Williams.
Author:
Williams, Niall, 1958-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781408852026 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1538148