Fiction

Storm at Arberth

Siân James

Category: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Number of pages: 175

ISBN: 9781854111111

Publication date: February 23, 1995

Price: £5.95

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Marian, a doctor’s widow, has moved to a cottage in a small Pembrokeshire town. Her neighbour in the Big House, Gerald, an expert on the standing stones of the Preseli mountains, believes their power continues today. Marian is sceptical but her visitor, the once-beautiful Sally, is revitalised by some power which seems on that weekend of the storm to touch everyone’s life. Their reunion triggers unforseeable events in London and Wales as past deeds are revealed and present certainties shattered. After the storm comes new calm and order, but also a final confrontation between Marian and Sally in this gripping portrayal of the nature of love, lust, friendship and treachery.

Siân James

Brought up and educated in West Wales, Siân James (1930-2021) is the author of twelve novels, including Love and War, Return to Hendre Ddu, and Storm at Arberth, as well as two collections of short stories. She has twice won the Yorkshire Post Prize for fiction and her novel A Small Country was filmed as the award-winning Calon Gaeth. Her translation of Kate Roberts’ The Awakening, is also published by Seren. Twice-winner of the Yorkshire Post Prize.

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