Graham Swift

Twelve Post-War Tales (Bok)

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 London wonders if her birth on the day of the Kennedy assassination shaped her life; and at the height of a pandemic lockdown, Dr. Cole, a retired specialist in respiratory disease, returns to work and recalls a formative childhood encounter with illness and much more. These are just a few of the challenged characters we meet in Graham Swift's Twelve Post-war Tales. Tender, humane, funny and moving, Swift's latest work of fiction displays his quietly commanding ability to set the personal and the ordinary against the harsh sweep of history. It is an outstanding achievement, confirming his status as one of the great and subtlest voices of our age.

Författare:	Graham Swift
Titel:	Twelve Post-War Tales
Typ:	Bok
Bandtyp:	Pocket
Kategori:	Böcker/Skönlitteratur/Utländsk
Releasedatum:	2026-05-07
Registreringsdatum:	2025-10-22
Artikelnummer:	716987
Lagerstatus:	Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 7 vardagar
EAN:	9781398535510
ISBN:	1398535510
Språk:	Engelska
Omfång:	304 sidor
Titel:	Twelve Post-War Tales
Förlag:	Simon & Schuster