Ash Before Oak

by Sim Kern and Jeremy Cooper

Ash before Oak is a novel in the form of a fictional journal written by a solitary man on a secluded Somerset estate. Ostensibly a nature diary, chronicling the narrator's interest in the local flora and fauna and the passing of the seasons, Ash before Oak is also the story of a breakdown told slantwise, and of the narrator's subsequent recovery through his reengagement with the world around him. Written in prose that is as precise as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910695890
• ISBN13: 9781910695890
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.9" x 7.7"