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Sarah Leipciger: The Mountain Can Wait
In conversation with Emylia Hall
Novel Writers/
Thu 23 July 2015
Spike Island
Thu 23 July 2015,
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Each month Spike Island in partnership with Bristol Festival of Ideas invites a debut novelist to read from and talk about their work in a relaxed, informal setting. This summer, we have asked two Bristol-based authors, Emylia Hall and Nikesh Shukla, to each select a debut novel that they are excited by. Extracts are available in advance but prior knowledge of the texts is not essential.
The Mountain Can Wait by Sara Leipciger
Tragedy erupts in an instant. Lives are shattered irrevocably. A young man drives off into the night, leaving a girl injured, perhaps fatally so. From that cliff-hanger opening, Leipciger takes readers back and forward in time to tell the haunting story of one family's unravelling in rural logging country where the land is still the economic backbone. Like the novels of Annie Proulx, this debut is rooted in richly detailed nature writing and sharply focused on small town mores and regional culture.
The Mountain Can Wait is a wild and wonderful book, full of big landscapes and beguiling lives. It's written in a kind of spare, heartfelt prose that's muscular and beautiful, and perfectly befits the tale that's told. I loved it. – Emylia Hall
Born and raised in Canada, Sarah Leipciger lives in London with her family, and teaches creative writing to prisoners. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the Asham Award, the Fish Prize and the Bridport Prize. The Mountain Can Wait is her first novel.
Emylia Hall
Emylia Hall was born in 1978 and grew up in the Devon countryside, the daughter of an English artist and a Hungarian quilt-maker. After studying at York University and in Lausanne, Switzerland, Emylia spent five years working in a London ad agency, before moving to the French Alps. Her first novel, The Book of Summers, was a Richard and Judy Summer Book Club pick in 2012. Her second novel, A Heart Bent Out of Shape was published in 2013. Her latest novel, The Sea Between Us, will be out in August 2015. Her writing and short fiction has appeared in a variety of publications, including ELLE magazine, the Book Slam anthology Too Much Too Young, and broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music.
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