{"product_id":"the-short-day-dying-paperback","title":"The Short Day Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Hobbs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of four seasons in the life of Charles Wenmoth, a twenty-seven-year-old apprentice blacksmith and Methodist lay preacher in Cornwall in 1870. Life is at its hardest; poverty is everywhere. Charles crosses and recrosses the raw, beautiful landscape, attending to the sick and helping the poor, preaching in chapels with ever-dwindling congregations. He questions his faith along the way but never quite loses it, balancing it with the pleasure he takes in nature, the light in the skies, the colors of the earth, and in his attachment to a girl to whom he is drawn by the piety and patience she maintains despite her long illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the language of his great-great-grandfather's diaries and the Bible, influenced by authors as diverse as Hardy, Blake, and Faulkner, Peter Hobbs has created a first novel of breathtaking ambition and stylistic innovation, and of enormous emotional power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow rare it is to come across a new novel as beautifully conceived and finished as this. We are enclosed completely in a world of faith and belief that has been made to feel utterly authentic . . . A wonderful book.--\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of four seasons in the life of Charles Wenmoth, a young apprentice blacksmith and Methodist lay preacher in Cornwall in 1870. Life is at its hardest, poverty is everywhere. As Charles crosses and recrosses the raw, beautiful landscape, ministering to the sick, helping the poor, and preaching to ever-dwindling congregations, he wrestles with spiritual doubt without ever quite yielding to it. He finds inspiration and comfort in the natural world the light in the skies, the colors of the earth. And in Harriet, a young woman to whom he is drawn by the piety and patience she maintains despite a long illness. \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his great-great-grandfather s diaries and the King James Bible, influenced by such diverse authors as Blake, Hardy, and Faulkner, Peter Hobbs has created a novel of breathtaking ambition and stylistic innovation, and of enormous emotional power. \u003cbr\u003eThe descendant of Methodist lay preachers, \u003cb\u003ePeter Hobbs\u003c\/b\u003e lives in London. \u003ci\u003eThe Short Day Dying\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.08 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Costa Book Awards (2005)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227280589049,"sku":"9780156032414","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Y3RhY2dLWHhmSEtTMStPT1M2MEwzQT09.webp?v=1768279252","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-short-day-dying-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}