# Clear - Paperback

by **Carys Davies** (Author)

**"Tender, riveting, and inventive is _Clear_, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath away...What a thrill." --Sarah Jessica Parker**

A _New York Times Book Review_ Top 10 Historical Fiction Book of 2024

A _Vogue_, _The Washington Post_, NPR, _Kirkus Reviews_, _The Guardian_, and _The Globe and Mail_ (Toronto) Best Book of the Year

Winner of the 2024 Bookmark Festival Book of Year  
Finalist for the Libby Book of the Year in Historical Fiction  
Shortlisted for the 2024 Books Are My Bag Award, the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award, and the Saltire Society Literary Award  
Longlisted for Blackwell's Book of the Year, the Highland Book Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

A "daring and necessary...sophisticated and playful" (_The New York Times_) novel from an award-winning writer, _Clear_ is the story of a minister dispatched to a remote island to "clear" its last remaining inhabitant--an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.

John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland--Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted.

Shortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff and is found, unconscious and badly injured, by Ivar who takes him home and tends to his wounds. "_Clear_ chronicles the surprising bond that develops between these two men...pack\[ing\] a great deal of power into a compact tale" (_The Wall Street Journal_) about connection, home, and hope--in which John begins to learn Ivar's language, and Ivar sees himself reflected through the eyes of another person for the first time in decades.

Unfolding during the final stages of the infamous Scottish Clearances--a period of the 19th century which saw whole communities of the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced evictions--this singular novel explores what binds us together in the face of insurmountable difference, the way history shapes our deepest convictions, and how the human spirit can endure despite all odds. Moving and unpredictable, "a love letter to the scorching power of language" (_The Guardian_), _Clear_ is "a jewel of a novel" (_The Washington Post_)--a profound and unforgettable read.

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN

**Publication Date:** March 04, 2025

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