In an astonishingly assured debut Stef Penney deftly weaves adventure, suspense, revelation and humour into a story that is both panoramic historical romance and exhilarating thriller. Now reissued in an attractive new livery, The Tenderness of Wolves is one of the most widely liked and admired novels of the previous decade. The Tenderness of Wolves is a story told from the perspective of several different characters, but Mrs. Ross's sections are the only ones written in first person. What effect does this have on . ‘A promising and highly assured debut Stef Penney has written an absorbing and stylish mystery’ Glasgow Herald ‘Stef Penney’s portrait of a small settlement in deep mid-winter was so authentic that when The Tenderness of Wolves was published in North America, Canadians were convinced that she had spent weeks researching the book there’.
The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel Stef Penney creates a frozen rural setting in which the characters struggle to unfreeze even their feelings. Set in the cold north of the s, "The Tenderness of Wolves" is a slow-paced thriller dealing with a murder in the time way before CSI, or even formal police departments. Penney's writing captures the spirit of the place and the time and the themes are around a sense of longing, a yearning for something you seek, but may never find. There is little tenderness in the wild and rugged landscape. The wolves are often feared but never turn out to be the culprits - man is much more to be feared than wolf. Stef Penney (born in Edinburgh) is a Scottish filmmaker and novelist.. She grew up in the Scottish capital and turned to film-making after a degree in Philosophy and Theology from Bristol www.doorway.ru made three short films before studying Film and TV at Bournemouth College of Art, and on graduation was selected for the Carlton Television New Writers Scheme.
The Tenderness of Wolves (novel) The Tenderness of Wolves. (novel) The Tenderness of Wolves is a novel by Stef Penney, which was first published in It won the Costa Prize for 'Book of the Year'. The Tenderness of Wolves is a story told from the perspective of several different characters, but Mrs. Ross's sections are the only ones written in first person. What effect does this have on your reading experience?. Like The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Tenderness of Wolves is a classic "western" in which the raw and rugged people are dwarfed by their surroundings as they find their way towards, or away from, hard-won redemption continued. Full Review ( words). This review is available to non-members for a limited time.
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