The Separation - Christopher Priest

The Separation

Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2004
Gollancz (Verlag)
978-0-575-07003-5 (ISBN)
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Christopher Priest's finest novel in his 40-year-career as an award-winning writer
THE SEPARATION is the story of twin brothers, rowers in the 1936 Olympics (where they met Hess, Hitler's deputy); one joins the RAF, and captains a Wellington; he is shot down after a bombing raid on Hamburg and becomes Churchill's aide-de-camp; his twin brother, a pacifist, works with the Red Cross, rescuing bombing victims in London. But this is not a straightforward story of the Second World War: this is an alternate history: the two brothers - both called J.L. Sawyer - live their lives in alternate versions of reality. In one, the Second World War ends as we imagine it did; in the other, thanks to efforts of an eminent team of negotiators headed by Hess, the war ends in 1941.

THE SEPARATION is an emotionally riveting story of how the small man can make a difference; it's a savage critique of Winston Churchill, the man credited as the saviour of Britain and the Western World, and it's a story of how one perceives and shapes the past.

Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (the James Tait Black Award) and a major genre prize (The World Fantasy Award). He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983. He lives in Devon.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.2.2004
Reihe/Serie S.F. Masterworks
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 199 x 133 mm
Gewicht 294 g
Themenwelt Literatur Fantasy / Science Fiction Fantasy
Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10 0-575-07003-X / 057507003X
ISBN-13 978-0-575-07003-5 / 9780575070035
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