Can I read The River Is the River on EtoBox?

The River Is the River by Buckley, Jonathan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The River Is the River about?

“Buckley is a mighty creative force.” The Sunday Times “Jonathan Buckley's intensely compassionate, astoundingly observed novels unfold with exquisite power, and The river is the river is perhaps his most perfectly written book yet. The surprise of its haunting ending makes other plot twists look like childish games.” James McConnachie, Editor The Author “A quietly brilliant writer, almost eccentric in his craftsmanship.” The Sunday Times A dazzlingly inventive novel that explores the whole nature of storytelling and writing. A woman called Naomi arrives at her sister's house, intending, it seems, to say goodbye. She is abandoning her city life for a remote Scottish retreat, which she will share with a man named Bernát, whom she considers some kind of visionary. In a sequence of stories filtered through multiple retellings, she illuminates the character of this elusive individual. One story seems of special significance: about Afonso, an Amazon boatman, who could be the last speaker of his mother tongue, a language of apparently unique simplicity and precision. Bernát and Naomi are not, however, the only storytellers here. Naomi's sister, Kate, is herself working on a novel that be

Who reads The River Is the River?

Author

Buckley, Jonathan

Publisher

Sort Of Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781908745545

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction