- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Anchor; New edition edition (1 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1862300127
- ISBN-13: 978-1862300125
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 603,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'It is extraordinary that Robert Edric's fiction isn't more widely acclaimed... The emotional climate of this novel is as freezing as the late autumn Switzerland he so atmospherically evokes...True to its title this is a work of bleak accomplishment' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times 'An individual and important book, pared down almost to poetry, dismissing all the usual aspects of suffering in the trenches... it sees the war from a new geographical angle... I would defy anyone not to sit down and read to the end of this glacial, painful book' Jane Gardam, Literary Review 'Like one of those dreams where you can come awake, then fall asleep and continue where you left off: it has that kind of coherence and necessity.' Robert Nye, The Times 'Edric writes a spare craggy prose... makes much contemporary fiction that concentrates on the urban wastes of today seem self-indulgent, sentimental and frivolous' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Writing alert with engaging, persistent life... A fine achievement, not swiftly forgotten' Tom Adair, Scotland on Sunday"
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A brilliant, atmospheric novel about the emotional aftermath of the First World War.
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set in the aftermath of the first world war, this is an extremely emotional and pain-filled book that had me biting my lip not to cry on the tube.
Focusing on a female character who has been left at home and is mourning the death of her brother with her widowed sister-in-law, this explores the trauma of war from a different perspective than the usual WW1 horrors of the trenches (important as that is) viewpoint.
Grief, loss, guilt, and self-harming fill this book making it a difficult but important read. The restraint of the writing matches perfectly the chilly and frigid Swiss air where the two women meet surviving army officers and re-enter the horrors of war.
Edric is a hugely under-rated writer and this, for me, is his best book.
Focusing on a female character who has been left at home and is mourning the death of her brother with her widowed sister-in-law, this explores the trauma of war from a different perspective than the usual WW1 horrors of the trenches (important as that is) viewpoint.
Grief, loss, guilt, and self-harming fill this book making it a difficult but important read. The restraint of the writing matches perfectly the chilly and frigid Swiss air where the two women meet surviving army officers and re-enter the horrors of war.
Edric is a hugely under-rated writer and this, for me, is his best book.
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