Seven Steeples

Bell and Sigh, a young couple, live in a remote house in Ireland, cut off from friends and family, and are told to climb the nearby mountain to see seven standing stones, schools, and steeples. This novel spans seven years and explores themes of withdrawal, living in the natural world, and the choices that lead us home.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: Tramp Press

For the first year that they resided there, the mountain remained unclimbed. Bell and Sigh, a young couple just starting out, isolated themselves from their friends and family. They turned their backs on a city divided by dozens of streets and hundreds of lifeless cherry trees, a polluted river, and a dwindling population of house sparrows. Them in, and the world out. From the top of the nearby mountain, they are told, you can see seven standing stones, seven schools, and seven steeples. All you have to do is climb.

This rich and vivid novel, set in a remote house in the south-west of Ireland, spans seven years and speaks to the times we live in, asking how we may withdraw, how better to live in the natural world, and how the choices made or avoided lead us home.

Bell and Sigh, the main characters, are a young couple who have moved to a remote house in the south-west of Ireland. They are both in their early twenties and have recently graduated from university. Bell is a quiet and introspective person, while Sigh is more outgoing and adventurous.

The couple's relationship is at the center of the novel. They are deeply in love and have a strong connection to the natural world around them. However, they are also isolated from their friends and family, and their relationship is strained by their desire to withdraw from the world and live in the natural world.

The novel explores the themes of isolation, connection, and the natural world. It asks how we may withdraw from the world and find connection with ourselves and the natural world around us. It also explores the choices we make or avoid and how they lead us home.

The novel is rich in detail and imagery, and the characters are well-developed and relatable. The setting of the remote house in the south-west of Ireland adds to the sense of isolation and isolation, and the natural world around them is vividly described.

Overall, "The Mountain" is a powerful and thought-provoking novel that speaks to the times we live in. It is a must-read for anyone who enjoys literature that explores the themes of isolation, connection, and the natural world.

Weight: 286g
Dimension: 130 x 178 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781916291485