Sunday, July 02, 2006

2006 book 83

sarah hall's haweswater
this is actually hall's first novel, but apparently it's being reissued this fall since electric michelangelo was so successful. anyway, it takes place in a rural town in england in the 1920s and 1930s, and has that sort of slow, rural, old-fashioned feel to it. it really took me a while to read, though things do pick up partway through, as the small town finds out that a new dam being built is going to flood them out, and a young girl from the town gets involved with someone from the water company. it's not a cheerful book by any stretch of the imagination, but it's certainly well-written. and a note to triangle locals: hall apparently lives in north carolina part of the year, and will be doing readings in the raleigh-durham area, so check that out.

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