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'This is a tremendous second world war novel. With thickets of intense, opaque prose and some striking, hallucinatory descriptions of the desert... Allison writes powerfully - often thrillingly - about the nitty-gritty of conflict. A finely crafted debut' --Financial Times
'Allison's debut is a beautifully written investigation into alienation, guilt and the will to survive. The desert is a character itself, brilliantly alive and vividly depicted. This is a gripping exploration of one man's travails - and through him, those of millions other men trapped in the terrible mechanism of war' --Independent
'An excellent and elegant novel written with patience and authority... Alison succeeds by keeping the dialogue terse, the emotional range narrow, and the prose consistent and anchored to realism... this is what makes a compelling novel' --Chris Cleave, chair of the Desmond Elliott Prize judges
'Allison's debut takes its readers into the dark heart of war... Haunting, poignant and delivered with an unerring eye for detail. The literature of war is as old as war itself and this harrowing novel is a fine addition to it' **** --Sunday Telegraph
'Allison's debut takes its readers into the dark heart of war... Haunting, poignant and delivered with an unerring eye for detail. The literature of war is as old as war itself and this harrowing novel is a fine addition to it' **** --Sunday Telegraph
'Robert Allison's debut is an unusual and ambitious work, one that offers a new perspective on the traditional war novel' --Irish Examiner
'This is an artfully crafted book with passages of action and punchy dialogue interspersed with metaphysical ruminative reflections that recall Albert Camus' --'Book of the Week', Telegraph and Argus
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'Allison's debut is a beautifully written investigation into alienation, guilt and the will to survive. The desert is a character itself, brilliantly alive and vividly depicted. This is a gripping exploration of one man's travails - and through him, those of millions other men trapped in the terrible mechanism of war' --Independent
'An excellent and elegant novel written with patience and authority... Alison succeeds by keeping the dialogue terse, the emotional range narrow, and the prose consistent and anchored to realism... this is what makes a compelling novel' --Chris Cleave, chair of the Desmond Elliott Prize judges
'Allison's debut takes its readers into the dark heart of war... Haunting, poignant and delivered with an unerring eye for detail. The literature of war is as old as war itself and this harrowing novel is a fine addition to it' **** --Sunday Telegraph
'Allison's debut takes its readers into the dark heart of war... Haunting, poignant and delivered with an unerring eye for detail. The literature of war is as old as war itself and this harrowing novel is a fine addition to it' **** --Sunday Telegraph
'Robert Allison's debut is an unusual and ambitious work, one that offers a new perspective on the traditional war novel' --Irish Examiner
'This is an artfully crafted book with passages of action and punchy dialogue interspersed with metaphysical ruminative reflections that recall Albert Camus' --'Book of the Week', Telegraph and Argus
Short-listed for the 2014 Desmond Elliott Prize for New Writing
One of Ali Smith's favourite three debut novels of the year
The Rider has no memory of who he is, or how he came to be lying - dying - in the brutal heat of the North African desert. Rescued by a band of deserters, the Rider begins to piece together his identity, based on shards of recollection and the letters in his post bag. The Letter Bearer is unlike any other novel of World War Two. It asks profound questions about trauma, warfare and the experience of desertion. This gripping story asks us to consider how men build hope when they have nothing left - not even a name.
One of Ali Smith's favourite three debut novels of the year
The Rider has no memory of who he is, or how he came to be lying - dying - in the brutal heat of the North African desert. Rescued by a band of deserters, the Rider begins to piece together his identity, based on shards of recollection and the letters in his post bag. The Letter Bearer is unlike any other novel of World War Two. It asks profound questions about trauma, warfare and the experience of desertion. This gripping story asks us to consider how men build hope when they have nothing left - not even a name.
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- ÉditeurCounterpoint
- Date d'édition2016
- ISBN 10 1619026120
- ISBN 13 9781619026124
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- Nombre de pages272
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The Letter Bearer: A Novel
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