Jim Crace's novel, Harvest, tells the story of the unraveling of an insular agrarian village. The arrival of a trio of newcomers, combined with a change in ownership of the community's land, sets off a chain of events that sends the village into chaos during its harvest season. Crace explores themes of scapegoating, humanity's relationship with nature, and the danger of silent consensus.
On the strength of his six published novels, all critically well received and popularly successful, Jim Crace is one of the most highly esteemed fiction writers in Great Britain. He started late, at...
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Jim Crace