by Rachel Joyce · SALAMANDRA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498384802
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«El insólito peregrinaje de Harold Fry» is the novel by Rachel Joyce, published by Salamandra in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Harold Fry, recently retired, goes out to post a letter and ends up walking across England. Queenie Hennessy, a former work colleague, is dying and he senses that his arrival on foot may cure her. Without proper clothes or footwear, the journey becomes a way to reconcile with his past and regain hope.
First instalment of the Harold Fry series; the original English title is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and the Spanish translation is by Rita da Costa.
For adult readers of contemporary fiction, with appeal for reading groups and for those seeking stories of second chances.
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.
