Where Crows Would Die

Mary Griese

Nofel gyffro gyda chefndir amaethyddol, wedi'i lleoli ar ffermydd yn y Mynyddoedd Du yn ystod y 1960au a'r 1970au.

ISBN: 9781784618285

Pris: £8.99

Adran: Ffuglen

Cyfrwng: Clawr Meddal

Iaith: Saesneg

Nifer y tudalennau: 336

Mwy o wybodaeth

Adolygiadau

You use language like paint... You're bloody good. - Beryl Bainbridge

The book's cover describes it as a noir, but it is rather more than that. The signs are there: a cat toying with a bird, a heap of rotting sheep carcasses, a hat and coat in a barn resembling a hanged man. There is nothing bucolic in this landscape; sheep-farming is depicted as hard, lonely, and often squalid, yet it is the life Bethan ultimately chooses. It's a tale of the fear of being watched: there is a terrifying sequence in which Bethan scuttles into rooms and closes curtains before she turns on lights, but Griese relieves the sombre mood with hilarious moments: Bethan's father, 'when called for supper… took a toothbrush from his top pocket and brushed his eyebrows.' I hope to read more of Griese's prose. - Katherine Mezzacappa, Historical Novel Society

Broliant

Nofel gyffro gyda chefndir amaethyddol, wedi'i lleoli ar ffermydd yn y Mynyddoedd Du yn ystod y 1960au a'r 1970au.