As their lives entwine, unravel and erupt - as myth merges with reality - both Ren and the soldier are forced to confront what they regret, what they love, and what they fear.Ī vibrant homage to the natural world, bursting with beautiful landscapes and memorable characters, The Rain Heron is a beautifully told eco-fable about our fragile and dysfunctional relationships with the planet and with each other, the havoc we wreak and the price we pay. Imprint Publisher FSG Originals ISBN 9780374539306 In The News 'Daring, atmospheric. But when a young soldier comes to the mountains in search of a legendary creature, Ren is inexorably drawn into an impossible mission. Bubbling with rare imagination and ambition, The Rain Heron is an emotionally charged and dazzling novel, one that asks timely yet eternal questions about environment, friendship, nationality, and the myths that bind us. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting and trading - and forgetting. Astonishing.With the intensity of a perfect balance between the mythic and the real, The Rain Heron keeps turning and twisting, taking you to unexpecte. Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. Beautifully written.' Jeff VanderMeer, author of Borne The Rain Heron reads like a fable, exquisite and melancholy, and Arnott’s love of landscape and nature is the most striking aspect of the novel. With the intensity of a perfect balance between the mythic and the real, The Rain Heron keeps turning and twisting, taking you to unexpected places. Shelf Awareness (starred) From the first fable of the rain heron to its moments of crisp lucidity, Arnotts second novel enraptures the reader in a sense.

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