The Absolutist - Brossura

Boyne, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385616058 ISBN 13: 9780385616058

Casa editrice: Random House UK, 2011

Riassunto

September 1919:20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep in his soul. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage. As they stroll through the streets of a city still coming to terms with the end of the war, he recalls his friendship with Will, from the training ground at Aldershot to the trenches of Northern France, and speaks of how the intensity of their friendship brought him from brief moments of happiness and self-discovery to long periods of despair and pain. The Absolutist is a novel that examines the events of the Great War from the perspective of two young privates, both struggling with the complexity of their emotions and the confusion of their friendship.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

The dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.

L'autore:

John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of nine novels for adults and four for younger readers, including the international bestsellers The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which has sold more than six million copies worldwide, The Absolutist and, most recently, Stay Where You Are and Then Leave. His novels are published in over forty-five languages. He is married and lives in Dublin.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random House UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0385616058
• ISBN 13: 9780385616058
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 309