{"product_id":"the-wake-paperback","title":"The Wake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Kingsnorth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA work that is as disturbing as it is empathetic, as beautiful as it is riveting. --Eimear McBride, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the aftermath of the Norman Invasion of 1066, William the Conqueror was uncompromising and brutal. English society was broken apart, its systems turned on their head. What is little known is that a fractured network of guerrilla fighters took up arms against the French occupiers. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, a postapocalyptic novel set a thousand years in the past, Paul Kingsnorth brings this dire scenario back to us through the eyes of the unforgettable Buccmaster, a proud landowner bearing witness to the end of his world. Accompanied by a band of like-minded men, Buccmaster is determined to seek revenge on the invaders. But as the men travel across the scorched English landscape, Buccmaster becomes increasingly unhinged by the immensity of his loss, and their path forward becomes increasingly unclear.\u003cbr\u003e Written in what the author describes as a shadow tongue--a version of Old English updated so as to be understandable to the modern reader--\u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e renders the inner life of an Anglo-Saxon man with an accuracy and immediacy rare in historical fiction. To enter Buccmaster's world is to feel powerfully the sheer strangeness of the past. A tale of lost gods and haunted visions, \u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e is both a sensational, gripping story and a major literary achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Kingsnorth is a former journalist and deputy editor of \"The Ecologist\" magazine who has won several awards for his poetry and essays. He is also the author of two works of nonfiction. In 2009, he cofounded the Dark Mountain Project, an international network of writers, artists, and thinkers in search of new stories for troubled times. \"The Wake\" is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701360300095,"sku":"9781555977177","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/824f15547c0a83c0b3d8351db6b4a1c3.webp?v=1765020347","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wake-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}