Английская Википедия:Andrew Michael Hurley

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Andrew Michael Hurley (born 1975)[1] is a British writer whose debut novel, The Loney, was published in a limited edition of 350 copies on 1 October 2014 by Tartarus Press[2][3] and was published under Hodder and Stoughton's John Murray imprint in 2015 (Шаблон:ISBN).[4] He was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Open Book programme "British Gothic" in October 2015.[5]

The Loney has been reviewed in The Guardian and The Telegraph.[6][7] It is set in the area of Morecambe Bay in north west England, described in the text as "that strange nowhere between the Wyre and the Lune".[4] Hurley has said that the novel's two starting points were "to write a kind of dark version of the Nativity [...] and exploring ideas of faith and belief" and "various wild, lonely places on the north west coast of Lancashire [...] a sense of imminent menace or dormant power lying just under the sand and the water".[8] It is the winner of the 2015 Costa Book Awards First Novel Award[9] as well as the British Book Industry award for best debut fiction and book of the year.[10]

Hurley has previously had two volumes of short stories published by the Lime Tree Press (Cages and Other Stories, 2006, Шаблон:ISBN, and The Unusual Death of Julie Christie and Other Stories, 2008, Шаблон:ISBN).[3] He lives in Lancashire, where he teaches English literature and creative writing.[3]

His second novel, Devil's Day, was published on 19 October 2017 by John Murray (Шаблон:ISBN)[11] and Tartarus Press (Шаблон:ISBN)[12] Its setting, "The Endlands", is based on Langden valley in Lancashire's Forest of Bowland.[13] The book "deploys myth, landscape and the tropes of horror to chilling effect".[14][15] Hurley was joint winner of the Royal Society of Literature's 2018 Encore Award for the best second novel.[16]

Hurley's third novel Starve Acre was published 31 October 2019 by John Murray (Шаблон:Isbn). The "Starve Acre" of the title is the home of a couple whose child has died, and it is "a novel which grapples with the irrationality and complexity of grief, the power and potency of folklore, and a moving examination of the effect a child's loss can have on its parents".[17] The Guardian's critic described it as "an atmospheric tale in the same tradition of English folk-horror" as his previous two books.[18] The film Starve Acre based on the book, was directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, starred Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith, and premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.[19]

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