The Land in Winter
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Miller
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Andrew Miller
About this listen
December 1962, the West Country.
In the darkness of an old asylum, a young man unscrews the lid from a bottle of sleeping pills. In the nearby village, two couples begin their day. Local doctor, Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage.
Across the field, in a farmhouse impossible to heat, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the small dairy farm he bought, a place where he hoped to create a new version of himself, a project that's already faltering.
There is affection - if not always love - in both homes: these are marriages that still hold some promise. But when the ordinary cold of an English December gives way to violent blizzards - a true winter, the harshest in living memory - the two couples find their lives beginning to unravel.
Where do you hide when you can't leave home? And where, in a frozen world, could you run to?
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- j. B.
- 28-11-24
A beautiful book, perfect for winter
A beautifully and gently read story which I found thought provoking and compelling. The lives of the characters were skilfully interwoven and linked by the place and time in which they all lived.
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- Rosalind Goddard
- 27-11-24
Astonishing and deeply affecting
Beautifully written and compelling - a masterclass in storytelling, character and language. I was utterly engrossed by this novel and loved the narration by the author which added so much to the experience of listening. Now to buy the novel to pore over the genius of the imagery and story a second time.
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- Ruthie H
- 24-11-24
Descriptions of a land gripped by winter.
Excellent characterisations. A class system outdated now. Nostalgic in its description of life in the early sixties.
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