A Son of War - Couverture souple

Bragg, Melvyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340818166 ISBN 13 : 9780340818169

Editeur : Sceptre, 2002

Synopsis

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 'Deeply humane and acutely truthful' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times After the upheavals of the Second World War, the Richardson family -- Sam, Ellen and their young son Joe -- settle back to working-class life in the Cumbrian town of Wigton. Yet for them, as for so many, life will never be the same again. As the old order begins to be challenged and new vistas open, Sam and Ellen forge their future together with differing needs and desires - and conflicting expectations of Joe, who grows up with his own demons to confront. 'It is as if these were the novels he was always waiting to write...He catches brilliantly the volatility of emotions -- how happiness can curdle, anger flare, guilt build into terrror.' Nicci Gerrard, Observer 'A novel about being alive, the kind of slice-of-life novel that everyone feels they have inside them but few could write' Brandon Robshaw, Independent on Sunday 'This sequel to The Soldier's Return -- widely acclaimed as Melvyn Bragg's best novel -- is every bit as convincing and enjoyable ...This seems likely to become not only an outstandingly good series but one of the finest and most authentic records of the changes in English society, life and manners since the Second World War' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Shot through with blazing integrity and authenticity' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster. His novels include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier's Return, winner of the WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the Lines, both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, A Place in England, which was longlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.

Revue de presse :

[A] deeply humane and acutely truthful novel (Peter Kemp, Sunday Times)

A compelling sequel to his award-winning tour de force, THE SOLDIER'S RETURN (Frank Egerton, Financial Times)

Full of a simple poetry that is deeply evocative . . . even better than THE SOLDIER'S RETURN (Carol Birch, Independent)

A novel of remarkable power and grace . . . his authenticity is astounding (Roy Hattersley, The Times)

Shot through with blazing integrity and authenticity (Val Hennessy, Daily Mail)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0340818166
• ISBN 13: 9780340818169
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 432