During the freakishly hot, drought summer of 1921, a young writer is holed up in a cottage in the Chilterns, striving to write the first great novel of the War, impelled by his own suffering. In what sense can art be made out of such horror?
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About the Author:
Adam Thorpe is the author of three novels, three books of poetry and a volume of short stories. For the last ten years he has lived in southern France with his wife and three children.
Review:
"Thorpe offers an immaculate re-recording of long-dead voices" Observer "As always, Adam Thorpe displays a gift for revealing the suggestively sinister in a pastoral setting." Independant "his complex, beautifully written, witty and insightful novel never loses sight of its theme" Daily Mail "Thorpe's First World War is not like any other" Herald-Glasgow
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0224052829
- ISBN 13 9780224052825
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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