Description
Set in Switzerland during the Second World War, this novel traces how small, private fractures in temperament can harden into irreversible tragedy. Gustav, a mother’s boy shaped by a father who understands duty but cannot master his own feelings, grows up under the pressure of what is expected—while his mother, Emilie, tries to reconcile love, pride, and the moral cost of her husband’s choices. As Emilie and Erich attempt to rebuild their lives amid the war’s tightening shadows, Gustav’s world is further complicated by the presence of Anton, whose friendship reveals how easily loyalty and longing can be misread. With Rose Tremain’s finely tuned psychological insight and lyrical, emotionally precise storytelling, the book explores family bonds, moral courage, and the quiet ways the past keeps conducting the present.
Available Editions
paperback
W. W. Norton & Company
Published Sep 19, 2017
272 pages
ISBN: 9780393354843
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First Published
2016
Language
eng
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