Peter Ho Davies

The Welsh Girl (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this "beautiful" novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett).

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely-and perilous-romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain's most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking "tour de force," all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). "If you loved The English Patient, there's probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl." -USA Today "Davies's characters are marvelously nuanced." -Los Angeles Times "Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem." -Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs "This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated-and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait." -Booklist, starred review

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mariner Books
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547524900
• Artikelnr.: 40176353

Autorenporträt

Peter Ho Davies is on the faculty of the graduate program in creative writing at the University of Michigan. His debut collection, The Ugliest House in the World, won the John Llewellyn Rhys and PEN/Macmillan awards in Britain. His second collection, Equal Love, was hailed by the New York Times Book Review for its "stories as deep and clear as myth." It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a New York Times Notable Book. In 2003 Davies was named among the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta. The Welsh Girl was his first novel and his second, The Fortunes, was published in September 2016. The son of a Welsh father and Chinese mother, Davies was raised in England and spent his summers in Wales.