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THE WELSH GIRL
de Davies, Peter Ho
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0618007008
- ISBN 13
- 9780618007004
- Librería
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) for the first US edition. Glossy pictoral wraps. Inscribed by Davies on the title page. "for Libby with the very best wishes Peter Ho Davies." One spine bottom corner just touched; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. Davies' first novel.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy.
Sinopsis
From the acclaimed writer Peter Ho Davies comes an engrossing wartime love story set in the stunning landscape of North Wales during the final, harrowing months of World War II. Young Esther Evans has lived her whole life within the confines of her remote mountain village. The daughter of a fiercely nationalistic sheep farmer, Esther yearns for a taste of the wider world that reaches her only through broadcasts on the BBC. Then, in the wake of D-day, the world comes to her in the form of a German POW camp set up on the outskirts of Esther's village. The arrival of the Germans in the camp is a source of intense curiosity in the local pub, where Esther pulls pints for both her neighbors and the unwelcome British guards. One summer evening she follows a group of schoolboys to the camp boundary. As the boys heckle the prisoners across the barbed wire fence, one soldier seems to stand apart. He is Karsten Simmering, a German corporal, only eighteen, a young man of tormented conscience struggling to maintain his honor and humanity. To Esther's astonishment, Karsten calls out to her. These two young people from worlds apart will be drawn into a perilous romance that calls into personal question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity. The consequences of their relationship resonate through the lives of a vividly imagined cast of characters: the drunken BBC comedian who befriends Esther, Esther's stubborn father, and the resentful young British "evacuee" who lives on the farm -- even the German-Jewish interrogator investigating the most notorious German prisoner in Wales, Rudolf Hess. Peter Ho Davies has been hailed for his "all-encompassing empathy that is without borders" (Elle). That trancendent compassion shines through The Welsh Girl, a novel that is both thought-provoking and emotionally enthralling.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1101031
- Título
- THE WELSH GIRL
- Autor
- Davies, Peter Ho
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Not Issued
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618007008
- ISBN 13
- 9780618007004
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Palabras clave
- First Novel
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Términos de venta
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Sobre el vendedor
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Sobre Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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