So much life left over : a novel

The Resource So much life left over : a novel

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So much life left over : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Louis de Bernières

Language

eng

Summary

"From the acclaimed author of Corelli's Mandolin: a powerfully evocative and emotional novel, set in the years between the two World Wars, about a closely-knit group of British men and women struggling to cope with the world--and the selves--left to them in the wake of World War I. They were inseparable childhood friends. Some were lost to the war. The others' lives were unimaginably upended, and now, postwar, they've scattered: to Ceylon and India, France and Germany (and, inevitably, back to Britain)--each of them trying to answer the question that fuels this sweeping novel: "If you have been embroiled in a war... what were you supposed to do with so much life unexpectedly left over?" As the narrative unfolds in brief, dramatic chapters we follow the old friends as their paths re-cross or their ties fray, as they test loyalties and love, face survivor's grief and guilt, adjust in profound and quotidian ways to this newest modern world. And at their center: Daniel (an RAF flying ace) and Rosie (a war-time nurse), their marriage slowly revealed to be built on lies, Daniel finding solace--and, sometimes, family--with other women, Rosie drawing her religion around herself like a carapace. Here too are Rosie's sisters--a "bohemian," a minister's wife, and a spinster; Daniel's despairing brother; Rosie's "increasingly peculiar" mother and her genial, secretive father. And as peace once more gives way to war, we see it begin to reshape, yet again, the lives of these beautifully drawn women and men"--
They were inseparable childhood friends. Some were lost to the war; now, postwar, they've scattered: to Ceylon and India, France and Germany, back to Britain. What are they supposed to do with so much life unexpectedly left over? Their paths re-cross or their ties fray, as they test loyalties and love, face survivor's grief and guilt, adjusting to this modern world. At their center: RAF flying ace Daniel, and war-time nurse Rosie, their marriage slowly revealed to be built on lies. As peace once more gives way to war, it reshapes once more Daniel and Rosie, their families, and their friends. -- adapted from publisher info

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Provided by publisher

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TEFOD

Dewey number

823/.914

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6054.E132

LC item number

S67 2018eb

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult

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