A Place Called Winter: Costa Shortlisted 2015 - Couverture souple

Gale, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472205316 ISBN 13 : 9781472205315

Editeur : Tinder Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakeable tang of a true story. I loved it. (Jojo Moyes)

Absorbing, moving and beautifully written, with echoes of EM Forster which I found especially enjoyable. (Amanda Craig)

Beautifully structured around the warmest of warm hearts, but it's also run through with something new: a devastating chill of loss, fear and exile which keeps you shaking your head and biting your lip in concern and shame and disbelief. (Louisa Young)

Bold, moving, intensely erotic - I couldn't put down this tale of passion and endurance, told with such tenderness. (Patricia Duncker)

A tender tale of loss and love (Sunday Times)

This is an intensely personal book. Gale was inspired by a true tale from his own family history, and the depth of feeling shows. It's one gay man reaching out to another across a century of social change, and his most powerfully moving novel yet (Independent)

A dramatic and affecting portrayal of dislocation, extreme environments and the traumatic effects of enforced secrecy (Observer)

A master storyteller. Quite simply, you believe every word he tells you (Independent on Sunday)

Gale is not a sentimental writer, he's vividly aware of hardship and despair, but the overwhelming emotion in this fine book is one of tender, life-affirming joy (Sun)

His best book yet (Country Life)

Quatrième de couverture :

'Written in prose of beautiful lucidity...a tender tale of loss and love' Sunday Times

Harry Cane has followed tradition at every step, until an illicit affair forces him to abandon the golden suburbs of Edwardian England and travel to the town of Winter in the newly colonised Canadian prairies. There, isolated in a beautiful but harsh landscape, Harry embarks on an extraordinary journey, not only of physical hardship, but also of acute self-discovery.

'Gale's confident, supple prose expresses the labour and hardship that toughen Harry's body as they calm his mind...Harry Cane is one of many, the disappeared who were not wanted by their families or their societies and whose stories were long shrouded with shame. This fascinating novel is their elegy' The Guardian
'Gale's novels are imbued with clear-eyed psychological truths navigating the emotional landscape of characters it is impossible not to care about deeply. Sensitive and compelling' Irish Times
'A mesmerising storyteller; this novel is written with intelligence and warmth' The Times

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Tinder Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472205316
• ISBN 13: 9781472205315
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384