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War and Turpentine (Paperback)
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War and Turpentine (Paperback)
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Price R366
Discovery Miles 3 660
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WINNER OF THE VONDEL PRIZE 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The
Times, Sunday Times and The Economist, and one of the 10 Best Books
of 2016 in the New York Times Shortly before his death at the age
of 90, Stefan Hertmans' grandfather Urbain gave his grandson a set
of notebooks. As Stefan began to read, he found himself drawn into
a conversation across the centuries, as Urbain - so quiet and
reserved in life - revealed his eloquence and his private passions
on the page. Gradually, as he learned of his grandfather's heroics
in the First World War, the loss of his great love, and his later
years spent seeking solace in art and painting, a portrait emerged
of the grandfather he had never fully known. War and Turpentine is
an exquisite, loving reconstruction of a man's interior life, at
once deeply personal and yet so evocative of many of his
generation, affected by the long shadow of war. In beautiful,
glimmering prose, Hertmans shows us how our experiences shape us
all, and how, even in a life of sorrow and heartache, dignity can
be found.
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