Rose Tremain

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An electrifying love story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lily

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Produktbeschreibung

'An electrifying, word-perfect tale... Gently devastating, devastatingly beautiful' Daily Mail
'Funny, piercing, and singular... I can't fathom the reason why you wouldn't rush straight out to buy it' Observer

Determined, rebellious Marianne Clifford is searching for love and freedom in 1960s London

How do you find the courage to make your own life?

Marianne Clifford, teenage daughter of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, falls helplessly and absolutely for eighteen-year-old Simon Hurst, whose cleverness and physical beauty suggest that he will go forward into a successful and monied future, helped on by doting parents. But fate intervenes. Simon's plans are blown off course, he leaves for Paris and Marianne is forced to bury her dreams of a future together.

It is Marianne who tells this piercing story of first love, characterising herself as ignorant and unworthy, whilst her smart, ironic narration tellingly reveals so much more. Finding her way in 1960s Chelsea, and supported by her courageous Scottish friend, Petronella, she continues to seek the life she never stops craving. And in Paris, beneath his blithe exterior, Simon Hurst continues to nurse the secret which will alter everything.

'Tremain has always surprised and delighted her readers' Sunday Times, Best 23 Novels of 2023

** A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023**

READERS LOVE ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER:

'Heartrending, funny, unputdownable' 5*****

'An undoubted modern classic' 5*****

'Marianne will remain with me as a friend' 5*****

'A masterclass in character and world building ... the writing is just sublime' 5*****

Sunday Times bestseller, September 2023

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529909548
• Artikelnr.: 67247257

Autorenporträt

Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Lily, a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.

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PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER:
'Stunningly beautiful and deeply moving'

Simon Schama