Folk- Zoe Gilbert
Folk- Zoe Gilbert
A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award.
On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.
About the author
Zoe Gilbert is a fiction writer based on the coast of Kent, UK. She is the author of two novels: Folk (Bloomsbury, 2018), which was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and adapted for BBC Radio; and Mischief Acts (Bloomsbury, 2022).
'That rare thing: genuinely unique'
Zoe Gilbert
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