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The Soldier´s Return
Hodder & Stoughton
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Description for The Soldier´s Return
Paperback. A profoundly moving and evocative novel set in post-war Cumbria Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds the town little changed. But the war has changed him, broadening his horizons as well as leaving him with traumatic memories. In addition, his six-year-old son now barely remembers him, and his wife has gained a sense of independence from her wartime jobs. As all three strive to adjust, the bonds of loyalty and love are stretched to breaking point in this taut, and profoundly moving novel.
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds the town little changed. But the war has changed him, broadening his horizons as well as leaving him with traumatic memories. In addition, his six-year-old son now barely remembers him, and his wife has gained a sense of independence from her wartime jobs. As all three strive to adjust, the bonds of loyalty and love are stretched to breaking point in this taut, and profoundly moving novel.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340936306
SKU
KNW0006782
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About Hodder & Stoughton
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return, A Son of War, Credo and Now is the Time, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen ... Read more
Reviews for The Soldier´s Return
Outstandingly good...Must be one of the best English novels of the last ten years. It rings true; its characters matter...utterly credible, utterly compelling, and very enjoyable
Scotsman
[He] writes with tremendous empathy...One of the tautest and fiercest of Bragg's fictions
Independent
Sympathetic, touching, infinitely believable...a highly accomplished novel
Literary Review ... Read more
Strong, straightforward, explicit, evocative
Daily Telegraph
A great achievement
Guardian
Reads like Lawrence...Feels like the book Bragg was born to write
Time Out
His study of a relationship between man and wife in difficulties is brilliantly convincing...A passionately moving novel
Financial Times
His masterpiece
Peter Kemp, Books of the Year, Sunday Times
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Scotsman
[He] writes with tremendous empathy...One of the tautest and fiercest of Bragg's fictions
Independent
Sympathetic, touching, infinitely believable...a highly accomplished novel
Literary Review ... Read more
Strong, straightforward, explicit, evocative
Daily Telegraph
A great achievement
Guardian
Reads like Lawrence...Feels like the book Bragg was born to write
Time Out
His study of a relationship between man and wife in difficulties is brilliantly convincing...A passionately moving novel
Financial Times
His masterpiece
Peter Kemp, Books of the Year, Sunday Times
Show Less