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Furies
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UNTITLED RACHEL SEIFFERT 2
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UNTITLED RACHEL SEIFFERT 2
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Once the Deed Is Done
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE DARK ROOM AND A BOY IN WINTER'A complex, intelligent, deeply compassionate novel about the unglamorous aftermath of war . . . A brilliant piece of story-telling' ANDREW MILLER, author of THE LAND IN WINTER'This fine novel investigates the fate of displaced people in the hazardous, dirty backwash of the second world war' GUARDIAN'Marvellous . . . a wide-ranging novel that beautifully balances the tumultuous reach of history with the everyday concerns of ordinary people' DAILY MAIL'Powerful . . . Seiffert's writing beautifully captures this devastating moment of history' SPECTATORTo be truly alive means having to make choices. To be truly alive is also, quite simply, to love.Northern Germany, 1945. Dead of night and dead of winter, a boy hears soldiers and sees strangers - forced labourers - fleeing across the heathland by his small town: shawls and skirts in the snowfall. The end days are close, war brings risk and chance, and Benno is witness to something he barely understands.Peace brings more soldiers - but English this time - and Red Cross staff officers. Ruth, on her first posting from London, is given charge of a refugee camp on the heathland, crowded with former forced labourers. As ever more keep arriving, she hears whispers, rumours of dark secrets about that snowy night.The townspeople close ranks, shutting their mouths and minds to the winter's events, but the town children are curious about the refugees on their doorstep, and Benno can't carry his secret alone.'Rachel Seiffert's outstanding novel is full of feeling but without sentimentality' JUDGES OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION'This entire novel reverberates in ways that only haunt the reader more and more deeply, long after its last page' PAUL HARDING, author of THIS OTHER EDEN'She has brought to life a complex interaction between survivors on both sides with humanity and compassion' LINDA GRANT, author of THE STORY OF THE FOREST'The patron saint of this gripping novel is Bertolt Brecht. This is a fascinating novel by one of our very best writers' JEWISH CHRONICLE
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The Dark Room
Rachel Seiffert's absorbing, internationally acclaimed debut explores the modern German psyche through the experiences of three ordinary people.At the onset of World War II, a young photographer's assistant is kept out of the war due to a physical disability, and instead spends his time capturing on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. Just weeks after Germany's surrender, a teenage girl whose parents have been taken into allied custody leads her siblings on a harrowing journey to find their grandmother. And two generations after the war, a teacher searches for the reason why the Russians imprisoned his beloved grandfather. Evoking the experiences of the individual with astonishing emotional depth and psychological acuity, The Dark Room develops a portrait of the twentieth century in all its drama and complexity.
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Günün Sonu Yok
Ingiliz yazar Rachel Seiffert, Günün Sonu Yokta sezgisel olarak anladigimiz ama dile getiremedigimiz duygulari ve kirilma anlarini yalin bir dille aktariyor.Icine kapanik bir bilim adami Polonyali bir anne ve ogluyla yakinlik kuruyor, kücük bir cocuk kumsalda ölümle ilk kez karsilasiyor, ailesine vakit ayiramayan bir anne yadirgadigi kiziyla iletisim kurmaya cabaliyor, yasli bir sosyalist Dogu ve Bati Almanyanin birlesmesini hazmedemiyor, dünyadan soyutlanmis bir aricinin hayati bir cocuk yüzünden alt üst oluyor, bir anne ve dört cocugu savastan kacmak icin bir yabanciya güvenmek zorunda kaliyorlar, Polonyali genc bir kadin evi terk eden kocasini bulmaya Almanyaya gidiyor.Seiffert okuru ayni anda hem bir gözlemci gibi disariya konumlandirip hem de kahramanlarinin ic dünyasina cekebiliyor. Yazar bu öykülerde basit cümlelerle kahramanlarinin duygu cografyasinin beklenmedik karmasiklikta bir resmini cizmeyi basariyor.Seiffert hem cok incelikli hem de cok cesur bir yazar ... öykülerin hepsi birbirinden iyi.Ali SmithSeiffert, pek coklarinin bir sayfada yapamadiklarini tasarruflu bir dille yazarak bir satirda gerceklestirebiliyor. Daha da önemlisi, o dili kurmak icin gereken cabanin ve sanatin hakkini da veriyor.New York Times Book Review
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A Boy in Winter
Early on a gray November morning in 1941, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. Penned in with his fellow Jews, a father anxiously awaits word of his two sons, while a young woman, come to fetch her sweetheart away from the invaders, must confront new and harsh truths about those closest to her. At the same time, a German engineer, here to avoid a war he considers criminal, is faced with an even greater crime unfolding behind the lines and no one but himself to turn to. And in the midst of it all, a boy determined to survive must throw in his lot with strangers. As their stories weave together, each of these characters comes to know the compromises demanded by survival, the oppressive power of fear, and the possibility of courage in the face of terror.
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A Boy in Winter
Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. A Boy In Winter tells of the three days that follow and the lives that are overturned in the process. And in the midst of it all is the determined boy Yankel who will throw his and his young brother's chances of surviving to strangers.A Boy In Winter is a story of hope when all is lost, and of mercy when the times have none.'Without wasting a word, Seiffert follows their journey with an implacable calm, although outrage lurks under the surface of every word' Literary Review'Superb' FT'Tremendous' Boston Globe
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Afterwards
When Alice and Joseph meet, they fall quickly into a tentative but sincere relationship. She is a nurse, he a house painter, and while both are still young and hopeful about this new love, each of them carries an emotional burden. Alice's father has been a yawning absence all her life, and just recently her beloved grandmother—who helped to raise her-passed away. For his part, Joseph refuses to speak about his experiences as a soldier in Northern Ireland, and Alice suspects that his general reticence hides an even more deeply troubled past. In this powerful story of guilt and privacy, Seiffert asks: To love someone, must you know everything about them?
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Field Study
Rachel Seiffert, author of The Dark Room, powerfully evokes our need for human connection in this dazzling and haunting group of stories. Set against immense political upheaval, or evoking the intimate struggles between men and women, parents and children, this astonishing collection charts our desire for love, our fragility, and our strength. From the title piece, in which a young biologist conceals his discoveries at a polluted river from a local woman, to the family aided by an enemy in "The Crossing,” to the old man weighing his regrets in "Francis John Jones, 1924-” Seiffert's acclaimed, refined prose movingly captures the lives of her characters in their most essential, secret moments.
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Lore
Lore is het ongelooflijke verhaal van vijf kinderen die na de capitulatie in de zomer van 1945 door het verwoeste Duitsland trekken. Geïndoctrineerd door hun ouders, opgepakte nazi's, kunnen zijn niet begrijpen dat de Führer hen niet meer kan helpen. Met het jonge meisje Lore voorop lopen ze bijne duizend kilometer naar hun oma in Hamburg. Onderweg moeten ze voedsel en onderdak vinden, en zich staande houden in een nieuwe wereld.
€ 15,00