{"product_id":"clear-pb","title":"Clear pb","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"title_1668030675\" class=\"tDiv pve_title titleFlex_Name accFont title_1668030675\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"textLarge\"\u003eClear\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"pve_subName\"\u003e: A Novel\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"overallStyles clickable icon-arrows-alt title-presentation-icon\" title=\"View in Presentation Mode\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-view\" id=\"product-view-1668030675\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Carys Davies\"\u003eCarys Davies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_sku\"\u003e9781668030677\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_categories\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiction \/ Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"desc_summary1668030675-content\" class=\"expandContent\"\u003eWinner of the 2024 Bookmark Festival Book of Year\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Libby Book of the Year in Historical Fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 Books Are My Bag Award, the Historical Writers’ Association Gold Crown Award, and the Saltire Society Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year, the Highland Book Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA “daring and necessary…sophisticated and playful” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) novel from an award-winning writer, \u003ci\u003eClear\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a minister dispatched to a remote island to “clear” its last remaining inhabitant—an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland—Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff and is found, unconscious and badly injured, by Ivar who takes him home and tends to his wounds. “\u003ci\u003eClear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echronicles the surprising bond that develops between these two men…pack[ing] a great deal of power into a compact tale” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) about connection, home, and hope—in which John begins to learn Ivar’s language, and Ivar sees himself reflected through the eyes of another person for the first time in decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding during the final stages of the infamous Scottish Clearances—a period of the 19th century which saw whole communities of the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced evictions—this singular novel explores what binds us together in the face of insurmountable difference, the way history shapes our deepest convictions, and how the human spirit can endure despite all odds. Moving and unpredictable, “a love letter to the scorching power of language” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis “a jewel of a novel” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)—a profound and unforgettable read.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bel Canto Books Retro Row","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50632738308371,"sku":"9781668030677","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/4561\/5635\/files\/clear9781668030677_747d7.jpg?v=1781804605","url":"https:\/\/belcantobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/clear-pb","provider":"Bel Canto Books Retro Row","version":"1.0","type":"link"}