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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An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012
Conjures a tale that recalls vintage Michael Ondaatje ... delicate and sweeping
An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012
Shortlisted for the Orange Fiction Prize 2012
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781408830420
Publisert
2012-04-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320
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