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Description
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
'Magnificent' Sunday Times
'The best piece of fiction I've read in years' Independent on Sunday
The final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her sole remaining patient. Rescued from a burning plane, an anonymous Englishman is damaged beyond recognition and haunted by painful memories.
The only clue Hana has to unlocking his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire – a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes detailing a tragic love affair.
Product details
Published | 21 Sep 2017 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 336 |
ISBN | 9781408891346 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Profound, beautiful and heart-quickening
Toni Morrison
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Masterful ... A rich and compelling work of fiction
Don DeLillo
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One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time
Guardian
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Magnificent ... A wise and graceful book about history itself
Sunday Times