Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for 2015 "A deeply attuned portrait of the human mind . . . An unsettling literary surprise of the best sort." --Atlantic It is springtime, and two outcasts--a man ignored, even shunned by his village, and the one-eyed dog he takes into his quiet, tightly shuttered life--find each other, by accident or fate, and forge an unlikely connection. As their friendship grows, their small, seaside town suddenly takes note of them, falsely perceiving menace where there is only mishap; the unlikely duo must take to the road. Gorgeously written in poetic and mesmerizing prose, Spill Simmer Falter Wither garnered wild support in its native Ireland, where the Irish Times praised it as "a novel bursting with brio, braggadocio and bite." It is also a moving depiction of how--over the four seasons echoed in the title--a relationship between fellow damaged creatures can bring them both comfort. One of those rare stories that utterly, completely imagines its way into a life most of us would never see, it transforms us in our understanding of not only the world, but also of ourselves.

Author: Sara Baume

Publisher: Mariner Books

Publication Date: Mar 14, 2017

Number of Pages: 304 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Fiction

ISBN-10: 0544954610

ISBN-13: 9780544954618