War and Turpentine (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Harvill Secker
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2016
Authors:	Stefan Hertmans
Translators:	David McKay
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-84655-882-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Dutch
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > First World War fiction
LSN:	1-84655-882-4
Barcode:	9781846558825

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