Erosion, Tension, and Outrage in “Summerwater” – Chicago Review of Books

Erosion, Tension, and Outrage in “Summerwater” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Sarah Moss’s seventh novel, Summerwater, follows her acclaimed Ghost Wall (2018), and takes its cue from 19th century English poet Sir William Watson’s “The Ballad of Semerwater.” The poem tells an old legend about a mysterious traveling beggar who arrives in the prosperous town of Semerwater in northern England’s Yorkshire Dales. In response to … Read more