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Carys Davies wins the Ondaatje prize for Clear, a ‘masterpiece of exquisite, craggy detail’

The Welsh novelist’s third novel, set on a Scottish island during the Highland Clearances, has won £10,000 for writing that ‘best evokes the spirit of a place’

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025

Clear by Carys Davies review – in search of a shared language

In this poignant tale set during the Highland Clearances, two men form an unlikely bond on a far-flung island

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

Clear by Carys Davies: The electric hum of a thriller on a lonely, windswept island

There is a moment, about three-quarters of the way through Carys Davies’s third novel, Clear, so simultaneously startling and pleasing that I put the book down in delight. In trepidation, too: this is a story with the electric hum of a thriller — in a gentle key.

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024