{"product_id":"the-low-voices-9780099597438","title":"The Low Voices","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Rivas\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Coruña in 1957, and writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. He is well known for his journalism, as well as for his prizewinning short stories and novels, which include the internationally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Carpenter's Pencil \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBooks Burn Badly\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful... It resonates with memory, love and palpable grief\u003c\/b\u003e... Rivas is special – funny, benign, opinionated. He tells wonderful stories because he learned early in life how to listen, and he listened to the soft, wise voices around him. Rivas misses  nothing, and it is fascinating to see how, in \u003ci\u003eThe Low Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, he does  not tell us how he became a writer but shows  us the people, such as  his  quiet, unassuming, determined  mother, who helped  make him one -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eOne of Spain's best-known novelists... \u003cb\u003eRivas's imagery sparkles like dew in the morning sun\u003c\/b\u003e -- Michael Eaude * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eRivas has an appealing lyrical style, an offbeat humour and a translator well attuned to both. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eThe nature of this book means it can be enjoyed as a single straight story or as individual chapters. It’s one to leave by the bedside, to dip into every now and then, and enjoy over and over. Something, I think, I’ll be doing a lot. -- Jim Dempsey * Bookmunch *\u003cbr\u003eAn affecting, impressionistic novel-cum-memoir. Like all great autobiographical writing, it pulls the magic trick of making the specific and personal universally appealing. -- Juanita Coulson * Lady *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151072948567,"sku":"9780099597438","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-low-voices-9780099597438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}