by M. J. Hyland · Canongate Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847673831
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«This Is How» is the literary fiction novel by M. J. Hyland, published by Canongate Books in paperback (400 pages, in English).
After the breakdown of his engagement, Patrick Oxtoby moves into a boarding house in a remote coastal village, intending to start afresh. His hopes are thwarted and an act of violence drags him to a tragic outcome, in a portrait of loneliness, guilt and the search for meaning.
Originally published in 2010, it is M. J. Hyland's third novel, after Carry Me Down and How the Light Gets In. It was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010.
Readers of literary fiction and book clubs interested in psychological portraits of characters at the edge.
Maria Joan Hyland is an ex-lawyer and the author of three novels: How the Light Gets In (2004), Carry Me Down (2006) and This Is How (2009). Hyland is a lecturer in creative writing at the Manchester Centre for New Writing. Carry Me Down was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore Prize.
