Exposure - Couverture rigide

Dunmore, Helen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0091953944 ISBN 13 : 9780091953942

Editeur : Hutchinson, 2016

Synopsis

By the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lie. Forbidden love, intimate betrayal and the devastating power of exposure drive Helen Dunmore's remarkable new novel.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children’s author and poet who will be remembered for the depth and breadth of her fiction. Rich and intricate, yet narrated with a deceptive simplicity that made all of her work accessible and heartfelt, her writing stood out for the fluidity and lyricism of her prose, and her extraordinary ability to capture the presence of the past.

Her first novel, Zennor in Darkness, explored the events which led D. H. Lawrence to be expelled from Cornwall on suspicion of spying, and won the McKitterick Prize. Her third novel, A Spell of Winter, won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996, and she went on to become a Sunday Times bestseller with The Siege, which was described by Antony Beevor as a ‘world-class novel’ and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the Orange Prize. Published in 2010, her eleventh novel, The Betrayal, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and The Lie in 2014 was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the 2015 RSL Ondaatje Prize.

Her final novel, Birdcage Walk, deals with legacy and recognition – what writers, especially women writers, can expect to leave behind them – and was described by the Observer as ‘the finest novel Helen Dunmore has written’.

Helen was known to be an inspirational and generous author, championing emerging voices and other established authors. She also gave a large amount of her time to supporting literature, independent bookshops all over the UK, and arts organisations across the world. She died in June 2017.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

LONDON, NOVEMBER 1960

The Cold War is at its height, and a spy may be a friend or neighbour, colleague or lover.

At the end of a suburban garden, in the pouring rain, a woman buries a briefcase deep in the earth.

She believes that is protecting her family.

What she will learn is that no one is immune from betrayal or the devastating consequences of exposure.

'Helen Dunmore beautifully fulfils the highest function of a storyteller.' Sunday Times

'An electrifying and original talent.' Guardian

'Everyone should read her work.' Independent on Sunday

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'Helen Dunmore is a writer of quiet deadly power.' Daily Mail

'Helen Dunmore has the true gift for human observation.' The Times

'Helen Dunmore is a poet as well as a novelist who is celebrated for her delicate language and acute observations.' Sunday Times

'Helen Dunmore is able to crystallise tragedy in a simple sentence.' Times Literary Supplement

'Helen Dunmore is an exceptional and versatile writer and she writes with a restrained, sensual grace.' Observer

'Helen Dunmore is a very accomplished novelist with a fine quality of imagination.' Scotsman

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091953944
• ISBN 13: 9780091953942
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie