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Gossip from the Forest [Paperback]

Thomas Keneally (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 1 Nov 1988 | ISBN-10: 0340431040 | ISBN-13: 978-0340431047 | Edition: 2
In November 1918, in a railway carriage in a forest near Paris, six men meet to negotiate an end to the terrible slaughter of the First World War. Threatened by famine and anarchy at home, the Germans struggle to mitigate the punishing terms offered by the Allies. But both sides are torn by battle exhaustion and a confusion that far exceed their national differences. In this riveting combination of history, speculation and rumour, Thomas Keneally recreates the personalities, ideals, prejudices, arguments and desperate measures that resulted in the armistice which would shape the future of Europe.















Price: £5.99

Edition: Second

Format:198 x 129 mm

Imprint: Sceptre

Markets:BCN ex Can





Four of Thomas Keneally's novels have been shortlisted for the Booker prize and SCHINDLER'S ARK (filmed by Steven Spielberg as Schindler's List) has sold more copies than any other Booker Prize-winner. He is also the author of several works of non-fiction, including THE PLACE WHERE SOULS ARE BORN, about the American Southwest.



BIRTHPLACE: New South Wales, Australia.

WHEREABOUTS: Sydney, Australia



PREVIOUS BOOKS: INCLUDE

BLOOD RED, SISTER ROSE; CONFEDERATES; THE PLAYMAKER; THE PLACE WHERE SOULS ARE BORN; A FAMILY MADNESS; TOWARDS ASMARA; WOMAN OF THE INNER SEA; JACKO; SCHINDLER'S LIST





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*Part of the new Sceptre relaunch









SELLING POINTS



(1)Shortlisted for the Booker Prize



(2) Publication will coincide with Keneally's new novel A RIVER TOWN and the paperback of JACKO.



(3) Author PR on publication. Keneally will be here to take part in the Sceptre promotion.

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Product details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Sceptre; 2 edition (1 Nov 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340431040
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340431047
  • Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 12.9 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Extremely gripping, as well as important historical fiction' (New Statesman )

'As fiction it is absorbing and as history it achieves the kind of significance earned only by sympathy acting on deep knowledge...Keneally's book belongs...with those like Solzhenitsyn's AUGUST 1914, books that delineate the past in sympathetic depth and so urge the reader to enter it' (New York Times Book Review )

'I was intrigued, excited and sure that the vivid snapshots of private-versus-public emotion would coalesce into a moving, meaningful image' (The Sunday Times )

About the Author

Thomas Keneally has been shortlisted for the Booker four times and won it with Schindler's Ark in 1982. His novels have been filmed (Schindler's List and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith) and dramatised (The Playmaker). He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Place Where Souls are Born, about the American Southwest, and Homebush Boy, a memoir.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I never knew that! 7 Jan 2013
By Alan Sanders
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I found this a fascinating semi-historical account of the details of the signing of the armistice in November 1918. Some of the characters really come alive, as do the strains and tensions within each side. The sheer logistics of getting the German party past its own increasingly revolutionary troops and over an ill-defined front line really come to life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The origins of the Second World War ** 23 Nov 2005
By Stephen A. Haines HALL OF FAME
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Four years of the most terrible conflict in history came to an end in an isolated railway car. In a time when propaganda had learned to cudgel reason and "weapons of mass destruction" were first truly introduced, weakened French and British armies were told they were victorious. In truth, it was a sea blockade with it's attendant hunger and fatigue that had ended the battles. No matter, propaganda had done its job well. The Western Allies had convinced themselves that Germans were evil incarnate for starting the war and that the time for vengeance had come.

Even before the rise of Hitler, the Germans felt they'd somehow been betrayed. Unable to face a victorious enemy they considered inferior, German aristocrats delved into their Civil Service to find four men to face the wrathful victors to bring about a peace. Thomas Keneally has searched into the histories of these four, so poorly equipped to face such immense anger, resurrecting them to become the central figures in a drama of foregone conclusions.

Thomas Keneally has an unmatched talent for bringing the "small people" into literary prominence. Given the list of his works, you'll seek in vain for depictions of the like of Henry VIII, Elizabeth Tudor or the Sun King. Keneally won't waste his talent or your time on such artificial entities as hereditary monarchs or esteemed statesmen. Yet all of his characters, particularly in this book, are placed in positions of world-shaking importance. Mighty events hinge on the actions of these otherwise "common characters". More, he draws them with a vividness any medieval bard would envy. He has no axes to grind, but shows us how important it is for us to understand that history doesn't move at the whim of those who consider themselves important. "For want of a nail . . . " is the key concept behind nearly all of his writing.

If ever there was a man to envy, it's Tom Keneally. He has an ability to get inside the minds of his characters, presenting them to us with unchallenged validity that most writers cannot equal. But if you're not a writer trying to emulate this talent, you may pick up this book fully confident that you have encountered a writer of special strengths. There is no aspect of this book that warrants criticism, with but one possible exception. When this book was recommended to a friend, she came back with the complaint that "it isn't fair to write about real people. How would you feel if one of these people was your uncle?" Keneally's very next book, A RIVER TOWN, was based on the life of his own grandfather. Would you have the courage? [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

** with thanks to A.J.P. Taylor

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very different 14 Mar 2004
By Nik
Format:Paperback
You feel as though you are a fly on the wall of this pivitol moment in world history. The conversations that take place are very real and you find yourself asking them questions. This is a very differnt book to normal stories but is well woth the effort to get to grips with the book.
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