A Novel by Amanda Coplin The New York Times bestselling novel, The Orchardist, marks the "engaging and enthralling" (Seattle Times) debut of writer Amanda Coplin. At the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, patiently tends to his apples and apricots. In her stunningly original and haunting debut novel, Amanda Coplin evokes a powerful sense of place, mixing tenderness and violence as she spins an engrossing tale of a solitary orchardist who provides shelter to two runaway teenage girls in the untamed American . The Orchardist is a historical novel by Amanda Coplin. First published in , the book follows what happens when a lonely elderly man lets new people into his life.
"The Orchardist" is a historical novel by Amanda Coplin set between the s and early s in the Pacific Northwest where an orchard owner attempts to care for two young runaway teenage prostitutes and their baby. The man who owns and largely operates the orchard, William Talmadge, is a many of forty who has led a difficult life. Amanda Coplin weaves a most amazing story of some very unusual, ordinary people. The way she tells the story is true genius. She brings the reader along at a pace of her own choosing - and it is just right. This book, 'The Orchardist' will join my short list of favorites. Product Information. At once intimate and epic, The Orchardist is historical fiction at its best, in the grand literary tradition of William Faulkner, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Annie Proulx, and Toni Morrison. In her stunningly original and haunting debut novel, Amanda Coplin evokes a powerful sense of place, mixing tenderness and.
Coplin started working on "The Orchardist" at Minnesota, mesmerized by an image she couldn't shake of an old man in an orchard and a girl clinging to his leg while a young woman in men's clothing. Amanda Coplin’s debut novel, The Orchardist, is one such book. Set in the early years of the 20th century in the golden valleys and granite hills of Chelan county in north-central Washingt It is a rare read that cuts through the surface noise of daily life and becomes the one sound you can hear clearly, like a church bell on a still winter morning. The Orchardist is a historical novel by Amanda Coplin. First published in , the book follows what happens when a lonely elderly man lets new people into his life.
0コメント