Book Cover Design & Illustration
for the Award winning “The Long Dry”
by Cynan Jones.

Betty Trask award winner 2007

Waking up early to check the cattle, Gareth notices one of the calving cows is missing and sets off to find her before the sun gets too strong.

What follows is a search through memory and anxiety about losing what he has as Gareth walks the land looking for the missing cow.

The day unfolds, and the cow’s behaviour emerges as a metaphor for the relationship between Gareth and his wife Kate as they stumble on desperately in their changing care for each other.

Only the reader is aware of the tragedy that awaits the family a few days down the line, throwing the story into shadow with a terrible poignancy.

Gigantic Designed 2 Editions of this great book, If you would like to read this great book, you can get it here or here