Ebook {Epub PDF} West by Carys Davies

Carys Davies' novella West, is set a decade after the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Protagonist John Cyrus Bellman's obsession with journeying into the West echoes the ambitions and objectives of the famous adventurers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who desired to explore the unknown American frontier and detail what they found there.  · Carys Davies. Carys Davies' new novel is a mesmerising depiction of the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River. This is an excerpt from West by Carys Davies, published by Granta Books – a mesmerizing novella that depicts the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River. Order your copy here. T he whole thing had lit a spark in bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 9 mins. 7 rows ·  · Carys Davies’s debut novel West was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, runner-up for Brand: Scribner.

West Carys Davies. Scribner, $22 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. The Redemption of Galen Pike; The Mission House; Buy this book In her. Carys Davies's debut novel West was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, runner-up for the Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize, and winner of the Wales Book of the Year for Fiction. She is also the author of two collections of short stories, Some New Ambush and The Redemption of Galen Pike, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerwood Fiction. Carys Davies' "West" falls squarely in this tradition, a lithe yet lyrical meditation on obsession, violence, and the yoke of family. Rural Pennsylvania, early 19th century.

Carys Davies’s debut novel West was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, runner-up for the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize, and winner of the Wales Book of the Year for Fiction. She is also the author of two collections of short stories, Some New Ambush and The Redemption of Galen Pike, which won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. Carys Davies’ second novel, The Mission House, was published in the UK by Grant and by Text Publishing in Australia and New Zealand It will come out in Europe, USA and Canada in About the Book: West, her debut novel was published by Granta in It won the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Wales Book of the Year Fiction Award. West by Carys Davies review – stunning debut novel from a short-story writer. Not a word is wasted in this tale of American exploration that holds tragedy and comedy in delicate balance.