{"product_id":"the-mission-house","title":"The Mission House","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the prize-winning author of West, a collision between old and new, east and west, in a former British hill station in contemporary South India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Subtle with nuance and alive with immediacy [...] a masterly achievement'\u003cbr\u003e- the Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An astonishingly assured and gripping piece of work [...] Davies has a voice unlike any I've read: clean, otherworldly, eerily original, and capable of devastating effect'\u003cbr\u003e- Julie Myerson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing the dark undercurrents of contemporary life in Britain, Hilary Byrd takes refuge in Ooty, a hill station in South India. There he finds solace in life's simple pleasures, travelling by rickshaw around the small town with his driver Jamshed and staying in a mission house beside the local presbytery where the Padre and his adoptive daughter Priscilla have taken Hilary under their wing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Padre is concerned for Priscilla's future, and as Hilary's friendship with the young woman grows, he begins to wonder whether his purpose lies in this new relationship. But religious tensions are brewing and the mission house may not be the safe haven it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mission House boldly and imaginatively explores post-colonial ideas in a world fractured between faith and non-belief, young and old, imperial past and nationalistic present. Tenderly subversive and meticulously crafted, it is is a deeply human fable of the wonders and terrors of connection in a modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A compelling read. Carys Davies has an amazing gift for summoning up a place, a situation, the characters. Her skill is that of brevity, nailing a personality with a few lines of dialogue, saying most by saying least'\u003cbr\u003e- Penelope Lively\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe \u0026 Sign","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57157102305545,"sku":"9781783784301","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/0845\/7481\/files\/9781783784301.webp?v=1782484696","url":"https:\/\/scribe-sign.com\/products\/the-mission-house","provider":"Scribe \u0026 Sign","version":"1.0","type":"link"}