Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Swimming on Dry Land
Swimming on Dry Land
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Mae'r teulu Harvey yn cyrraedd tref fechan Akarula yng ngorllewin Awstralia gan obeithio cychwyn bywyd newydd. Ond pan fo Georgie, merch ieuengaf y teulu yn diflannu, daw peryglon tirwedd anial yn realiti newydd i'r teulu ac i gymuned helbulus.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
The Harveys arrive in the small south-west Australian mining town of Akarula in search of a new life, inspired by the dreams of self-made man Uncle Eddie. But the disappearance of their youngest daughter, Georgie, into the desert landscape marks the start of a new reality for the family and troubled community.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781722916
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781722916
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Swimming on Dry Land
- Awdur / Author
- Blackhurst, Helen
- Current Price ex VAT
- £9.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £9.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2016-01-14
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 248 pages
- Size
- 129 × 198 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Nofelau a Storïau ar Gyfer Oedolion (yn Saesneg) | EN: Adult Fiction and Stories (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Datrys A Dirgelwch (yn Saesneg) | EN: Genre Fiction-Crime, Mystery and Thriller (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Helen Blackhurst completed Swimming on Dry Land after a period of residence in Australia. The vastness of the Australian landscape, in particular the remoteness and extremes of Arnhemland, provide the setting for Helen's second novel, A Time of Rainfish . Her short story 'That Snowman', set in a fictional town in Northern England, was published in The Stinging Fly literary magazine. Born in Nantwich, Cheshire, Helen has been living in rural Ireland since 1997. Helen works as a drama therapist.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
The Harvey family is persuaded to leave the UK for a dream life in the Australian outback. But when they arrive in the small mining settlement of Akarula they begin to realise how much of the dream is in the mind of their Uncle Eddie who owns the land. The disappearance of youngest daughter Georgie, as witnessed by her older sister Monica, is the trigger to the disintegration of the family and the town itself as it becomes clear how much Eddie has hidden from his brother and his family. Events are observed by enigmatic Mr M, the last aborigine in the land, who becomes a focus for the town's fears.
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