{"product_id":"the-short-day-dying-9780156032414","title":"The Short Day Dying","description":"This 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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Hobbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.42w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156032414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Costa Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2005 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2006 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobbs, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The descendant of Methodist lay preachers, PETER HOBBS lives in London. The Short Day Dying is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40189589553267,"sku":"9.78016E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0e50e637-5512-4c51-987f-07ee4b0e5836.jpg?v=1655816817","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-short-day-dying-9780156032414","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}