by Rachel Joyce · Anchor Canada · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780385677714
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«The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry» is the literary fiction novel by Rachel Joyce, published by Anchor Canada in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Newly retired, Harold Fry receives a farewell letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old sick friend. Instead of replying, he sets off on foot nearly a thousand kilometers to reach her, convinced that Queenie will not die while he walks. Along the way, memories of his marriage and fatherhood surface, and his wife Maureen begins to miss him.
First installment of the Harold Fry series. Longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012. The novel was originally published in 2012; this Canadian edition is from 2013.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and book clubs, with a story about second chances, marriage and friendship.
Rachel Joyce is a British writer. She has written plays for BBC Radio 4, and jointly won the 2007 Tinniswood Award for her radio play To Be a Pilgrim. Her debut novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, was on the longlist for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, and in December 2012 she was awarded the "New Writer of the Year" award by the National Book Awards for this book.
