SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Iasi, Romania, the
early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf
and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta
brings paper and pencils with which he can draw. Slowly,
painstakingly, memories appear on the page. The memories are Safta's
also. For the man is Augustin, son of the cook at the manor house
which was Safta's family home. Born six months apart, they grew up
with a connection that bypassed words. But while Augustin's world
remained the same size Safta's expanded to embrace languages, society
- and a fleeting love, one long, hot summer. But then came war, and in
its wake a brutal Stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the same.
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ISBN
9781408824474
Publisert
2015
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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