- Hardcover: 292 pages
- Publisher: Picador; First Edition edition (19 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330426796
- ISBN-13: 978-0330426794
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 755,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Times
'Hopkin beautifully conveys the sense of being a stranger in a
strange land'
strange land'
Independent on Sunday
'a winningly confident debut...There are few first-time novelists
who have an ability to conjure language to such magical effect'
who have an ability to conjure language to such magical effect'
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I picked up this book because I heard it was set in Krakow, a city I visited for a weekend and loved. I was not disappointed. Winter under Water brilliantly captures the beauty and the atmosphere of the city. Little bits of history are thrown in with the anglo-Polish love affair, too, and it's also quite funny in parts. I recommend it to anyone who has been or wants to go to Poland. But it's still a good read if you've never been there.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of those books that makes you see the world differently - and not only because of the beautiful language, with its startling and vivid descriptions. The characters also offer unique perspectives. Marta gives us a sense of what it is like to be a woman caught between upholding family loyalties and the quest for personal happiness. Her own courage and ambition and passion come out through the biographies she narrates of gifted but forgotten women. I really liked the way you very easily learned about some different historical figures during the course of the story.
Joseph's impressions of Poland are surprising and often funny. You really feel like you're in the country, going through the streets and pubs with him, and also feeling what it is to be an outsider in a place where you don't speak the language. What I loved most of all was the intensity of the book and the suspense about what will happen to the two lovers. I found myself reading faster to see how it would end. This is a brilliant book. I couldn't believe it was a first novel - it felt so wise and witty and polished. You have to read it to know what I mean.
Joseph's impressions of Poland are surprising and often funny. You really feel like you're in the country, going through the streets and pubs with him, and also feeling what it is to be an outsider in a place where you don't speak the language. What I loved most of all was the intensity of the book and the suspense about what will happen to the two lovers. I found myself reading faster to see how it would end. This is a brilliant book. I couldn't believe it was a first novel - it felt so wise and witty and polished. You have to read it to know what I mean.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I LOVED this book.The unexpected, sometimes quirky, always arresting, use of language did what good writing is supposed to do - made me stop and think. I was hooked on the characters from the start and as the reviewers' cliche goes, cared what happened to them, especially Joseph. I was haunted by the characters long after finishing the book, a clear sign I think that the book was successful. Congratulations to the author for expressing a European consciouness and a real flavour of Poland and the people. An intelligent read, great writing, interesting characters that touch your heart, and jokes as well. What more could you ask for?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
exquisite words of cold and longing
This is a beautiful book. It quietly yet wonderfully captures the bewildering & absurd magnitude of finding ones way and of falling in love. Read more
Published 10 months ago by HEA
This book really cuts the mustard!
Superb! I found myself lost within it's pages and it stayed with me for weeks after I finished reading the last page. At times I felt I actually new the main character. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. S. J. Drew
Out in the cold, in the cold
On one level, this novel is about not knowing and that which can't be known; it's about the barriers and obstacles (most obviously language, nationality) that render things,... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by A. Leyland
Winter Under Water - a novel for all seasons
I opened this debut novel by James Hopkin whilst travelling out to East London on the Docklands Light Railway. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2007 by Sal Sera
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