A novel of urgent humanity

Sunday Telegraph

Rose Tremain does not disappoint. <i>The Road Home </i>is thematically rich, dealing with loss and separation, mourning and melancholia... As always her writing has a delicious, crunchy precision

Observer

Filled with emotional richness, complex sensibility and a passionate insistence on the humanity of the poor

Sunday Times

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A classic work by the gifted Tremain

Guardian

'Tremain is a magnificent story-teller'

Independent on sunday

'Rose Tremain does not disappoint. As always her writing has a delicious, crunchy precision.' ObserverA wise and witty look at the contemporary migrant experience.Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend Rudi who - dreaming of the wealthy West - lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Ahead of Lev lies the deep strangeness of the British: their hostile streets, their clannish pubs, their obsession with celebrity. London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging...'A novel of urgent humanity' Sunday Telegraph
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London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging...'A novel of urgent humanity' Sunday Telegraph
A novel of urgent humanity
WINNER OF THE 2008 ORANGE BROADBAND PRIZE FOR FICTION Rose Tremain's hugely enjoyable new novel is the up-to-the-minute story of Lev, newly arrived in London from Eastern Europe. A wise and witty look at the contemporary migrant experience.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099478461
Publisert
2008-06-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
330 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Lily, a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.