The Aftermath: Now A Major Film Starring Keira Knightley - Softcover

Brook, Rhidian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241957478 ISBN 13: 9780241957479

Verlag: Penguin, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Set in post-war Germany, the international bestseller The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook is a stunning emotional thriller about our fiercest loyalties and our deepest desires.In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives with her only remaining son Edmund in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an extraordinary decision: they will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower and his troubled daughter., In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.'Profoundly moving, beautifully written. Ponders issues of decency, guilt and forgiveness' Independent'Terrific. Suspicion, resentment and misunderstanding haunt this city., Richly atmospheric' Sunday Telegraph'An extraordinary read' Daily Mail

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Críticas:

Superb. This masterly novel wrings every drop of feeling out of a gripping human situation (Mail on Sunday, Novel of the Week)

Excellent, original, masterly. A captivating tale not only of love among the ruins but also of treachery and vengeance (Literary Review)

Profoundly moving, beautifully written (Independent)

Superb. Conjuring surprise after surprise (Guardian)

An extraordinary read (Daily Mail)

Terrific. Suspicion, resentment and misunderstanding haunt this city. Richly atmospheric (Sunday Telegraph)

Reseña del editor:

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives with her only remaining son Edmund in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an extraordinary decision: they will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.

'Profoundly moving, beautifully written. Ponders issues of decency, guilt and forgiveness' Independent

'Terrific. Suspicion, resentment and misunderstanding haunt this city. Richly atmospheric' Sunday Telegraph

'An extraordinary read' Daily Mail

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• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0241957478
• ISBN 13: 9780241957479
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336