{"product_id":"9781408852057-history-of-the-rain","title":"History of the Rain","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the author of Four Letters of Love, now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eFour Letters of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, the international bestseller now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan. The first novel in Niall Williams’ beloved Faha series - longlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eFour Letters of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, the international bestseller now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A love letter to literature and storytelling’ Eimear McBride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her attic room, with the rain rushing down the windows, Ruthie Swain is trying to find her father through stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Brought home after a collapse, she lies surrounded by her father’s library of three thousand, nine hundred and fifty-eight books. But Ruthie’s story, and the story of the Swains before her, is rooted not in these books’ pages, but in the land – fourteen rain-sodden acres of earth useless for farming, but teeming with stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her bed, Ruthie writes Ireland, with its weather, its rivers, its lilts, and its lows. The stories she recounts bring back to life multiple generations buried in this soil - and they might just bring her back into the world again, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Extremely moving . By the final chapter I was weeping’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dazzling … Paragraph after paragraph begs you to stop and reread it, to relish the lilt of it in your inner ear’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e‘Beautiful and enchanting … A novel that weaves a love of literature into its own moving tale’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944035463265,"sku":"9781408852057","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35678895.jpg?v=1756709834","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408852057-history-of-the-rain","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}