The Valley at the Centre of the World..., Malachy Tallack
The Valley at the Centre of the World..., Malachy Tallack
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The Valley at the Centre of the World

Author: Malachy Tallack

Narrator: Robert Williamson

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2019


Synopsis

Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. In the wind and sun and storms from the Atlantic, these islanders must decide: what is left of us when the day's work is done, the children grown, and all our choices have been made?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gedankenlabor on September 19, 2023

>>...Das Tal ergab irgendwie einen Sinn. Hier hatte er sich geschützt gefühlt vor der zerstückelten Welt, die ihm früher so bedrohlich erschienen war. Hier fühlte er sich vom Ort absorbiert, ohne von ihm zerstört zu werden. << "Das Tal in der Mitte der Welt" von Malachy Tallack, aus dem Englischen vo......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on March 19, 2020

Not a first visit to Shetland islands for me. No, first time was with the eponymous BBC show. One with relatively forgettable prototypical small town cop sort of theme, but absolutely unforgettable scenery. Well, this time returning, a proper literary armchair travel, is much much lovelier. Somethin......more

Goodreads review by Angus on August 24, 2020

Maybe more about language and dialect than about anything eventful in the way of plot. A bit about the culture and lifestyle of the Scottish Isles and about the fractured relationship between a mom and her son. And anything that did occur almost seemed gratuitous so that something would be occurring......more

Goodreads review by Silas on February 28, 2018

A remarkable debut. I became so invested in these characters lives and their profound connections to their place in the world. Beautiful prose from a major new talent.......more