Book description
Winner of the 2019 Shirley Jackson Novella Award
Winner of the 2020 BFS Award
Acclaimed author Priya Sharma transports readers back in time with Ormeshadow, a coming-of-age story as dark and rich as good soil.
Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the…
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Following on from her excellent collection 'All The Fabulous Beasts', this novella tunnels more towards folk horror than fairytale gothic. It's a coming of age fable, focusing on the experiences of a young boy whose family reluctantly relocate from the city to the open countryside...yet open to what? The rugged, unfamiliar landscape itself soon becomes a central character as well as a confidant to Gideon as he struggles to adjust to this new way of life (and his budding sexuality). The tone vaguely reminded me of Thomas Hardy, yet I found more similarities with the cinema. This could almost be…
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