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The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
Taschenbuch von Simon Mawer
Sprache: Englisch

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'Masterly . . . A tour de force that grips and never lets go' Max Davidson, Mail on Sunday

Half French, half British, Marian Sutro has always been an outsider. But after being recruited by SOE to go undercover, it seems her hybrid status - and fluent French - will be put to good use. Marian finds herself parachuting into south-west France, having been trained in sabotage, how to perform under interrogation and how to kill.

Her real destination, however, is Paris, where she must seek out old family friend Clément Pelletier, a nuclear physicist of urgent significance to her superiors. As she struggles through the lethal landscape of the Occupation towards this reunion, she realises that war changes everything, and neither love nor fatherland may be trusted.

'I read late into the night and cried a little when I was done. Mawer's set pieces are so beautiful you want to read them two or three times over. He writes about fear and about bravery better than any contemporary novelist I know' Rachel Cooke, Observer

'Such rewarding reading . . . Mawer is a genuinely great contemporary writer' Simon Schama, Financial Times

'Marian's story is unforgettable' Spectator

'Masterly . . . A tour de force that grips and never lets go' Max Davidson, Mail on Sunday

Half French, half British, Marian Sutro has always been an outsider. But after being recruited by SOE to go undercover, it seems her hybrid status - and fluent French - will be put to good use. Marian finds herself parachuting into south-west France, having been trained in sabotage, how to perform under interrogation and how to kill.

Her real destination, however, is Paris, where she must seek out old family friend Clément Pelletier, a nuclear physicist of urgent significance to her superiors. As she struggles through the lethal landscape of the Occupation towards this reunion, she realises that war changes everything, and neither love nor fatherland may be trusted.

'I read late into the night and cried a little when I was done. Mawer's set pieces are so beautiful you want to read them two or three times over. He writes about fear and about bravery better than any contemporary novelist I know' Rachel Cooke, Observer

'Such rewarding reading . . . Mawer is a genuinely great contemporary writer' Simon Schama, Financial Times

'Marian's story is unforgettable' Spectator

Über den Autor
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years while he taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently divide their time between Italy and Hastings. Simon Mawer is the author of several novels including the Man Booker shortlisted The Glass Room, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Tightrope and Prague Spring.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 368
Inhalt: 350 S.
ISBN-13: 9780349000060
ISBN-10: 0349000069
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mawer, Simon
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 195 x 126 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Mawer
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.05.2013
Gewicht: 0,292 kg
preigu-id: 106243698
Über den Autor
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years while he taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently divide their time between Italy and Hastings. Simon Mawer is the author of several novels including the Man Booker shortlisted The Glass Room, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Tightrope and Prague Spring.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 368
Inhalt: 350 S.
ISBN-13: 9780349000060
ISBN-10: 0349000069
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mawer, Simon
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 195 x 126 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Mawer
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.05.2013
Gewicht: 0,292 kg
preigu-id: 106243698
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