Name: The Absolutist: A Novel by the Author of the Heart'S Invisible Furies (in English)
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Author: John Boyne
ISBN: 9781635421668

portada The Absolutist: A Novel by the Author of the Heart'S Invisible Furies (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Boyne

Publisher

Other Pr Llc

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781635421668

Synopsis "The Absolutist: A Novel by the Author of the Heart'S Invisible Furies (in English)"

&;A novel of immeasurable sadness, in a league with Graham Greene&;s The End of the Affair. John Boyne is very, very good at portraying the destructive power of a painfully kept secret.&; &;John IrvingA masterfully told tale of passion, jealousy, heroism and betrayal set in the gruesome trenches of World War I.It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will--from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep readers on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and will stay with them long after they've turned the last page.

John Boyne

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John Boyne (Dublín, 1971) se formó en el Trinity College y en la Universidad de East Anglia (Norwich). El niño con el pijama de rayas (Salamandra, 2007), su novela más famosa, obtuvo dos Irish Book Awards y fue finalista del British Book Award, se ha traducido a cincuenta y siete idiomas y ha vendido once millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo. En España, fue galardonada con el Premio de los Lectores 2007 de la revista Qué Leer y permaneció más de un año en las listas de libros más vendidos. Entre la amplia obra narrativa de Boyne, publicada por Salamandra, destacan también Motín en la Bounty, La casa del propósito especial, La apuesta, El ladrón de tiempo, En el corazón del bosque, El pacifista, El secreto de Gaudlin Hall, Las huellas del silencio y Las furias invisibles del corazón.

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