{"product_id":"9780571383559","title":"Sarah Hall - Helm","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Sarah Hall. Themes include Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sarah Hall's writing has conquered the body and the soul and now it conquers the wind itself.'\u003c\/b\u003e Daisy Johnson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Ye Gods, Ms Hall is talented.'\u003c\/b\u003e David Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Incandescently good ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esexy and funny and erudite and strange.'\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Perry, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'You can always rely on Hall to blow you away.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA wondrous, elemental novel from 'a writer of show-stopping genius'\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind - a subject of folklore and wonder - who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is Helm's life story, formed from the chronicles of those the wind enchanted: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate it, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish it, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture it - and the farmer's daughter who fell in love. But now Dr Selima Sutar, surrounded by measuring instruments, alone in her observation hut, fears the end is nigh.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vital and audacious, \u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e is the elemental tale of a unique life force - and of a relationship: between nature and people, neither of whom can weather life without the other.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I can think of no other British writer whose talent so consistently thrills, surprises and staggers.'\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Myers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I'm awed . I wouldn't think a novel could be at once so taut and so multifarious, expanding one's sense of what fiction can do.'\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Moss\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Helm is as vital, fierce and free as the phenomenon it describes\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A spectacular epic tapestry. Nobody could tell the story of our inextricable relationship with wild nature as beautifully as Sarah Hall.'\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Schofield\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'[Hall]\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esweeps from the cinematic to the specific, her prose pulsing with life and lyricism\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003epushes both the boundaries of the novel and our relationship with nature.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A big, celebratory book, in places delightfully playful, in others as tight and breathless as a thriller.'\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58012841083254,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780571383559.jpg?v=1780502377","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780571383559","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}