The Man Who Rained

by Ali Shaw

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From the Costa Prize shortlisted-author of The Girl with Glass Feet comes another magical novel of love, discovery and nature.

The Man Who Rained is a work of lyrical, mercurial magic and imagination, a modern-day fable about the elements of love.

When Elsa's father is killed in a tornado, all she wants is to escape - from New York, her job, her boyfriend - to somewhere new, anonymous, set apart.

For some years she has been haunted by a sight once seen from an aeroplane: a tiny, isolated settlement called Thunderstown. Thunderstown has received many a pilgrim, and young Elsa becomes...

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  • ISBN10 0857890328
  • ISBN13 9780857890320
  • Publish Date 1 January 2012
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 8 June 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Atlantic Books
  • Edition Main
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English