Ash Before Oak

Ash before Oak is a novel in the form of a fictional journal written by a solitary man on a secluded Somerset estate. Written in prose that is as precise as it is beautiful, winner of the 2018 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, Jeremy Cooper's first novel in over a decade is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.

Ostensibly a nature diary, chronicling the narrator's interest in the local flora and fauna and the passing of the seasons, Ash before Oak is also the story of a breakdown told slantwise, and of the narrator's subsequent recovery through his reengagement with the world around him.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published: 04/17/2019
ISBN: 9781910695890
Pages: 536
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019