Reservoir 13

Resource Information

The work Reservoir 13 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

Reservoir 13

Statement of responsibility

Jon McGregor

Title variation

Reservoir thirteen

Creator

• McGregor, Jon, 1976-

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• Bates, Matt

Author

• McGregor, Jon, 1976-

Subject

• England -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In midwinter in an English village, a teenage girl has gone missing and everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks, and a crowd of news reporters descends on what is usually a place of peace. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. As the seasons unfold and the search for the missing girl goes on, there are those who leave the village and those who are pulled back; those who come together and those who break apart. There are births and deaths, secrets kept and exposed, livelihoods made and lost, small kindnesses, and unanticipated betrayals. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a tragedy refuse to subside

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

823/.92

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

PerformerNote

Read by Matt Bates

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable