The Big Snow - Softcover
When a rare blizzard strikes the north of Ireland in 1963, the inhabitants of one city find their intimate desires thrown into sharp relief. A wife dies before a husband can make his confession; her coffin is pulled to the church by a young man engulfed by his first romantic feelings. Elsewhere, an old woman searches madly for a wedding dress, and a lonely headmaster is tempted into indiscretion. In the heart of the city, meanwhile, the white snow is tainted by the murder of a young woman. As one man begins to unravel the city's dark secrets, he must race against time to find the murderer before the snow melts.
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"David Park...is a writer of consequence, lyrical, precise, comic, and serious."-Boston Globe
"A taut, riveting urban murder-mystery. Park is a superb writer."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[A] closely observed tale of how transfigured landscapes and familiar yearnings converge...quiet and absorbing."-Washington Post Book World
"Despair, desire, deception: Park is deft at revealing their traumas through his Everyman characters, contrasting the cold, white purity of snow with the hot-blooded, red taint of humanity."-Miami Herald
"Lyric eloquence...A moving and unusual novel filled with unexpected encounters and unpredictible outcomes."-Orlando Sentinel
"Park uses the imagery of his setting in every conceivable fashion and to powerful effect. Masterful fiction."-Booklist
About the Author:
"A taut, riveting urban murder-mystery. Park is a superb writer."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[A] closely observed tale of how transfigured landscapes and familiar yearnings converge...quiet and absorbing."-Washington Post Book World
"Despair, desire, deception: Park is deft at revealing their traumas through his Everyman characters, contrasting the cold, white purity of snow with the hot-blooded, red taint of humanity."-Miami Herald
"Lyric eloquence...A moving and unusual novel filled with unexpected encounters and unpredictible outcomes."-Orlando Sentinel
"Park uses the imagery of his setting in every conceivable fashion and to powerful effect. Masterful fiction."-Booklist
David Park is the award-winning author of three novels and a volume of short stories. He lives in County Down, Northern Ireland, with his wife and two children.
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- PublisherBloomsbury USA
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1582342938
- ISBN 13 9781582342931
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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