Boy in Winter
«Seiffert's prose is not showy, but graceful and precise. The misery of the dank streets is relieved by flashes of light and humanity The Economist A fine novel that locates small, flickering lights of hope in an otherwise desolate landscape -- Nick Rennison Sunday Times Seiffert's cool tone never wavers - her spare, beautiful prose is a joy to read -- Helen Dunmore Guardian Rachel Seiffert writes short, fast narratives about the big historical events that have shaped our time ... The primal energy in this novel is a moral sore that will never heal. How could Seiffert's beloved Opa (grandad) not know what was going on? How, knowing, could he and her Oma not resist? Yet had they resisted, Seiffert would not be here, in 2017, to write for us. One closes this fine novel sensing the confused pain it must have caused Rachel Seiffert to write it -- John Sutherland The Times Rachel Seiffert's new novel A Boy in Winter stretches over only three days, through which you encounter all the emotions of the time, horror and instinct for survival, family loyalty, and above all perhaps, bravery -- James Naughtie BBC World TV»
Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. Deft, spare and devastating, Rachel Seiffert's new novel tells of the three days that follow and the lives that are overturned in the process. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Virago Press Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781844089994
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 20 x 12 cm
- Priser
- Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
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«Seiffert's prose is not showy, but graceful and precise. The misery of the dank streets is relieved by flashes of light and humanity The Economist A fine novel that locates small, flickering lights of hope in an otherwise desolate landscape -- Nick Rennison Sunday Times Seiffert's cool tone never wavers - her spare, beautiful prose is a joy to read -- Helen Dunmore Guardian Rachel Seiffert writes short, fast narratives about the big historical events that have shaped our time ... The primal energy in this novel is a moral sore that will never heal. How could Seiffert's beloved Opa (grandad) not know what was going on? How, knowing, could he and her Oma not resist? Yet had they resisted, Seiffert would not be here, in 2017, to write for us. One closes this fine novel sensing the confused pain it must have caused Rachel Seiffert to write it -- John Sutherland The Times Rachel Seiffert's new novel A Boy in Winter stretches over only three days, through which you encounter all the emotions of the time, horror and instinct for survival, family loyalty, and above all perhaps, bravery -- James Naughtie BBC World TV»