Forfatter fødeår: 1943
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
**LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018**An elegiac novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz.
From the acclaimed author of The English Patient comes a stunningly beautiful novel about a boy's life-changing journey from Ceylon to England in the 1950s. What had there been before such a ship in my life?
Transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of a bloody civil war.
A farmer and his teenage daughters, Anna and Claire, work the land with the help of Coop, the enigmatic young man who lives with them. This is a story of possession and loss, about the often discordant demands of family, love, and memory.
From the Booker Prize-winning author comes the sparkling and lyrical predecessor to the bestselling The English Patient.