These Days - 'A gem of a novel, I adored it.' MARIAN KEYES
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| Verlag | Faber & Faber |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 288 |
| Format | 13,0 x 1,9 x 19,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 238 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780571313570 |
| Bestell-Nr | 57131357EA |
From 'one of Ireland's most essential writers' (Sunday Times) comes the exquisite story of two sisters trying to survive in life and love against the backdrop of the Belfast Blitz.
§AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4s BOOK AT BEDTIME
A Sunday Times, Times, Irish Independent, Spectator and Good Housekeeping Book of the Year
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION
'Sensationally good' Sunday Times
'Remarkably, unusually vivid' The Times
'Brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak.' Guardian
Two sisters. Four nights. One City.
April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, These Days is an unforgettable novel about lives lived under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves
'Breathtakingly good . A novel of enormous heart; full of luminous passages of prose.' Observer
'Meticulously researched, perfectly imagined, full of compassion and emotional truth.' CLARE CHAMBERS
Rezension:
Adroit, precise storytelling, atmospheric and satisfying; These Days is a novel of real substance. HILARY MANTEL
