Cuddy / Benjamin Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Benjamin, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic realism (Literature)--Fiction.

Magic realism (Literature).

Genre:

Magic realism (Literature)

Experimental fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Magic realist fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 443 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2023.

Summary:

Cuddy is an experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England. Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, Cuddy straddles historical eras - from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity. Along the way we meet brewers and masons, archers and academics, monks and labourers, their visionary voices and stories echoing through their ancestors and down the ages. And all the while at the centre sits Durham Cathedral and the lives of those who live and work around this place of pilgrimage a their dreams, desires, connections and communities.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1526631504

9781526631503

1526631482

9781526631480

OCLC:

1331706661