The Swell
27 February 2025Imprint: Manilla Press
Synopsis
In places of darkness, women will rise . . .
Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm.
Sixty-five years later, a young woman - Sigga - is spending time with her grandmother when they learn a body has been discovered on...
Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm.
Sixty-five years later, a young woman - Sigga - is spending time with her grandmother when they learn a body has been discovered on...
Details
27 February 2025336 pages
9781786583529Imprint: Manilla Press
Reviews
Thoroughly bewitching. Kat Gordon's spare prose is as beautiful as it is haunting.Freya Berry, author of The Birdcage Library
A skilful, measured, atmospheric mystery set in Iceland and weaving across two timelines. Kat Gordon is a master storyteller. Cathryn Kemp, author of A Poisoner's Tale
Gripping, bewitching, and laced with atmosphere, reading The Swell was a wonderfully sensory experience.Harriet Constable, author of The Instrumentalist
Beautiful and powerful, a story of courage and survival that echoes across generations. Kat Gordon presents us with a compelling tale of two women living in very different times in the 20th century, both striving for change in the face of danger and oppression. The harsh, often lightless, landscape mirrors the struggle for liberation for these young women. I am sure this haunting, melancholic yet ultimately hopeful novel will appeal to readers of Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall.Emily Critchley, author of The Undoing of Violet Claybourne