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Once the Deed Is Done

'A crime novel in the sense that TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a crime novel. One in which a whole community is culpable' Financial Times

Af: Rachel Seiffert
Kategori: Fiction
Kategori nr.: 9010
Varenr.: 3307971
| Stregkode: 9780349014166
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1945. Dead of night and dead of winter; war brings a stranger to the door; a family is tricked into a act of compassion and danger. The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dark Room and A Boy in Winter''seiffert writes short, fast narratives about the big historical events that have shaped our time'' The TimesTo be truly alive means having to make choices. To be truly alive is also, quite simply, to love.Northern Germany, 1945. Dead of night and dead of winter, a boy sees strangers - forced labourers - fleeing across the heathland: shawls and skirts in the snowfall. The end days are close, war brings risk and chance, and Benno is witness to something he barely understands.Later, when peace finally arrives in his small town, the adults close ranks, closing their mouths and minds to the winter''s events. Benno swallows his own secret about the women workers, keeping it even from Freya, his schoolyard companion.But with peace come soldiers - English this time - and Red Cross staff officers. Ruth is on her first posting from London, and among the refugees she is given charge of are children - Sasha and Yeva - waiting and waiting for word of their mother. Where could she be now?For Benno, too, questions are circling. Freya has heard whispers - about the camp and that snow night and the strangers - enough to be wondering about Benno and his silence. When is an act of kindness an act of betrayal?

Detaljer

  • EAN
    9780349014166
  • Vægt
    590 g
  • Disponent
    Direkte titel
  • Forfatter
    Rachel Seiffert
  • Forlag
    Virago Press Ltd
  • ISBN
    9780349014166
  • Sprog
    Engelsk
  • Sideantal
    464
  • Udgivelsesdato
  • Format
    HARDBACK
  • Themakode
    FJMS, FJMS
  • Kategori
    Fiction
  • Kategori nr
    9010
  • Lev. varenr.
    1501
  • Højde/Dybde (mm)
    145 mm
  • Bredde (mm)
    223 mm
  • Længde (mm)
    39 mm