The Story of the Forest

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

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Beschreibung

<b>From the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest.</b><br><br>'Epic, magnificent, beautiful. A perfect work of art and craft and such a good story... I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' <b>Philippa Perry</b><br><br>'Magnificent... flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy... I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' <b>Nigella Lawson</b><br><br>'What an amazing novel... Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters... spectacular' <b>David Morrissey</b><br><br>It's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.<br><br>The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?<br><br>From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho,<i> The Story of the Forest </i>is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780349014098

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

232 x 152 x 26 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Virago