A moving tale of resistance and renewal, from the acclaimed author of Twelve Words for Moss
Two friends, Kenjo and Leah, swoosh through the lush forests at the edge of their village in Kenya. Imitating hornbills and lying on the mossy boulders that line the river, the young girls are watched over by a canopy of ancient trees, whose roots reach into the past, present and future.
But this glittering countryside is quickly becoming a haunting. As the armed rebellion against the British colonial regime intensifies, the forest is subsumed in a destructive conflict, disturbing the profound balance of life it nourishes and knowledge it preserves. Forced from their homes, the friends are separated by oceans and decades. Like the branches that once sheltered them, they may be twisted and buckled by violence, but they will also, somehow, endure.
This tale of courage, survival and restoration captures the healing - and destructive - power of time and unearths the hidden traces it leaves behind.
| ISBN: | 9780241702000 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 2026 |
| Author: | ElizabethJane Burnett |
| Publisher: | Particular Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world |
A moving tale of resistance and renewal, from the acclaimed author of Twelve Words for Moss
Two friends, Kenjo and Leah, swoosh through the lush forests at the edge of their village in Kenya. Imitating hornbills and lying on the mossy boulders that line the river, the young girls are watched over by a canopy of ancient trees, whose roots reach into the past, present and future.
But this glittering countryside is quickly becoming a haunting. As the armed rebellion against the British colonial regime intensifies, the forest is subsumed in a destructive conflict, disturbing the profound balance of life it nourishes and knowledge it preserves. Forced from their homes, the friends are separated by oceans and decades. Like the branches that once sheltered them, they may be twisted and buckled by violence, but they will also, somehow, endure.
This tale of courage, survival and restoration captures the healing - and destructive - power of time and unearths the hidden traces it leaves behind.
Splendour features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Splendour is available in Hardback
Splendour was written by ElizabethJane Burnett and published by Particular Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Splendour has 272 pages
£18.00