Twelve Post-War Tales

'A marvel of the storyteller's art', Financial Times

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<p><b>The remarkable new work of fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author of </b><i><b>Last Orders</b></i><b>, </b><i><b>Waterland</b></i><b> and </b><i><b>Mothering Sunday</b></i><br><br><b>'</b>His archly modulated, precise prose, reminiscent at times of his friend Kazuo Ishiguro's, has lost none of its power ... immensely readable late-career Swift from start to finish, <i>Twelve Post-War Tales </i>is a marvel of the storyteller's art.'<i><b>Financial Times</b></i></p><p>'There can surely be no better contemporary writer to take on history's circularities that Graham Swift. ... "Growing up in the 1950s there was all the evidence of war." Swift has said. This beautiful cluster of stories shows how vital it remains in recollection.' <i><b>Observer</b></i></p><p>'Skilful, generous and humane, these 12 tales suggest the complexity and heartbreak of being engaged on such an uncertain journey.' <i><b>Guardian</b></i></p><p>'The characters in this collection share their thoughts and memories with the reader as though with a close friend, and the warmth of their confidences balances against their sadness. We feel we've been in the trenches with them, even when a story has gone no farther than the living room.' <i><b>Wall Street Journal</b></i></p><p><i>'</i>These stories, depth charges of love, anguish, resentment, each in their way relating to the effects of WW2, are so good. Swift at his best - and he's on top form here - has the humanity and wry humour of William Trevor',<b> Patrick Gale</b></p><p>'Quite wonderful. Such grace and clarity - I'm filled with admiration', <b>Philip Pullman</b><br><br>In the aftermath of the Second World War Private Joseph Caan, a young Jewish soldier stationed in Germany, seeks the truth about lost family members; in the 1960s a father focuses on his daughter's wedding even as the Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of disaster; in 2001, while planes fly into the Twin Towers, a maid working for US Embassy staff in Londo

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781398535510

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 126 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Simon & Schuster Ltd