{"product_id":"helm-exp","title":"Hall Sarah: Helm [2025]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sarah Hall's writing has conquered the body and the soul and now it conquers the wind itself.' \u003c\/b\u003eDAISY JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ye Gods, Ms Hall is talented.' \u003c\/b\u003eDAVID MITCHELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Incandescently good ... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sexy and funny and erudite and strange.' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH PERRY, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You can always rely on Hall to blow you away.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e I PAPER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wondrous, elemental novel from 'a writer of show-stopping genius' \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelm is a ferocious, mischievous wind - a subject of folklore and wonder - who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Helm's life story, formed from the chronicles of those the wind enchanted: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate it, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish it, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture it - and the farmer's daughter who fell in love. But now Dr Selima Sutar, surrounded by measuring instruments, alone in her observation hut, fears the end is nigh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVital and audacious, \u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e is the elemental tale of a unique life force - and of a relationship: between nature and people, neither of whom can weather life without the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I can think of no other British writer whose talent so consistently thrills, surprises and staggers.' \u003c\/b\u003eBENJAMIN MYERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm awed . I wouldn't think a novel could be at once so taut and so multifarious, expanding one's sense of what fiction can do.'\u003c\/b\u003e SARAH MOSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e is just a brilliant achievement . I can think of no better writer to give voice to a natural phenomenon, because she is one herself.'\u003c\/b\u003e KIRSTIN INNES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A spectacular epic tapestry. Nobody could tell the story of our inextricable relationship with wild nature as beautifully as Sarah Hall.' \u003c\/b\u003eLEE SCHOFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I forced myself to read slowly so it wouldn't end, and still consumed Helm as if starving. This is a novel to wallow in, it's rich and snug and feels wonderful.'\u003c\/b\u003e COURTTIA NEWLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A big, celebratory book, in places delightfully playful, in others as tight and breathless as a thriller.'\u003c\/b\u003e ANDREW MILLER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Hall","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51575950573907,"sku":"9780571383566","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sarah-hall-hall-sarah-helm-2025-9780571383566-1183371191.jpg?v=1754512522","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/helm-exp","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}