The Spy Game
(Sprache: Englisch)
An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
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An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
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An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia'Harding skilfully weaves together history, memory and imagination in this haunting and beautifully written novel about how, chameleon-like, we construct our own identities' Daily MailOn a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog.That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espionage, Anna's brother Peter begins to construct a theory that their mother, a refugee from eastern Germany, was an undercover spy and might even still be alive. As life returns to normal, Anna struggles to sort fact from fantasy. Did her mother have a secret life?And how do you know who a person was when she's already dead?
Autoren-Porträt von Georgina Harding
Georgina Harding is the author of five previous novels: The Solitude of Thomas Cave, The Spy Game, a BBC Book at Bedtime and shortlisted for an Encore Award, Painter of Silence, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012; and, most recently, The Gun Room and Land of the Living. Together, The Gun Room, Land of the Living and Harvest make up the critically acclaimed Harvest Cycle. In 2021, her short story 'Night Train' was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Georgina lives most of the time on a farm in the Stour Valley, Essex.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Georgina Harding
- 2010, 320 Seiten, Maße: 13,3 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1408801000
- ISBN-13: 9781408801000
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.03.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „The Spy Game “
'It is the calm quietness of her writing that is so appealing - she lays an image down so gently that it floats in the mind long after' Margaret Forster 'Harding skilfully weaves together history, memory and imagination in this haunting and beautifully written novel about how, chameleon-like, we construct our own identities' Daily Mail 'Elegant and intelligent ... Should confirm her reputation as a writer of unusual and persuasive talent' Scotsman 'Many writers, from Harper Lee to Suzanne Berne, have explored children's skewed view of the adult world. Georgina Harding has equalled their take ... Elegant ... Lucid, seamless' Independent on Sunday
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'It is the calm quietness of her writing that is so appealing - she lays an image down so gently that it floats in the mind long after' Margaret Forster
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