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The Welsh Girl
Peter Ho Davies
其他書名
A Novel
出版
HMH
, 2013-08-16
主題
Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / World War II
Fiction / Coming of Age
Fiction / Literary
ISBN
0547524900
9780547524900
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eJ5oMnf9INMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of
A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself
(Ann Patchett).
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance.
Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (
The New Yorker
).
“If you loved
The English Patient
, there’s probably a place in your heart for
The Welsh Girl
.” —
USA Today
“Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —
Los Angeles Times
“Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of
The Woman Upstairs
“This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —
Booklist
, starred review