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Audrey Magee - The Undertaking (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Nominated for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in 2014.
A soldier on the Russian Front marries a photograph of a woman he has never met. Hundreds of miles away in Berlin, the woman marries a photograph of the soldier. It is a contract of business rather than love.
When the newlywed strangers finally meet, however, passion blossoms and they begin to imagine a life together under the bright promise of Nazi Germany.
But as the tide of war turns and Allied enemies come ever closer, the couple find themselves facing the terrible consequences of being ordinary people stained with their small share of an extraordinary guilt . . .
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - War & Military Fiction
- Published : 2014 (Atlantic Books)
- ISBN : 9781782391050
- SKU : B002756
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Sweeping, powerful, epic." - The Times.
'Brutal but brilliant . . . Full of heart-pounding suspense . . . Magee offers an insight both into the deprivation experienced by ordinary soldiers and the excesses of those in power . . . An impressive, even stunning debut' - Sunday Times (Ireland).
"An engaging and beautifully written novel, with an emotional resonance that remains long after you've closed the book. It succeeds in doing what only the best historical novels can do - making the past feel present" - Independent.
"A novel made all the more harrowing by its extreme readability" - Observer.
The Author
Audrey Magee is an Irish novelist and journalist. Her debut novel, The Undertaking, was nominated for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in 2014. The Undertaking was translated into ten languages and is being adapted for film. Her second novel, The Colony, published in 2022, has already been optioned for film and is receiving stellar reviews around the world.