A profound masterpiece on war, loss and survival, rendered in prose of
rhythmic precision, subtlety and exceptional sensitivity, by the
Orange Prize-shortlisted author of Painter of Silence 'Arresting and
brutal … the finely tuned work of a writer exceptionally at ease
with her craft and a testament to the power and poetry of clean and
disciplined prose' Sadie Jones, Guardian Charlie's experiences at the
Battle of Kohima and the months he spent lost in the remote jungles of
Assam during the Second World War are now history. Home and settled on
a farm in Norfolk and newly married to Claire, he is one of the lucky
survivors. Starting a family and working the land seem the best things
a man can be doing. But a chasm exists between them. Memories flood
Charlie's mind; at night, on rain-slicked roads and misty mornings in
the fields, the past can feel more real than the present. What should
be said and what left unsaid? Is it possible to find connection and
forge a new life in the wake of unfathomable horror? A beautifully
conceived, deftly controlled and delicately wrought meditation on the
isolating impact of war and the inescapable reach of the past,
Georgina Harding's haunting and lyrical novel questions the very
nature of survival, and what it is that the living owe the dead.
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ISBN
9781408896266
Publisert
2020
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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