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Haunted by a dark childhood, a former war orphan and Russian exile in France searches for information about his heritage, which may be linked to French fighter pilot Jacques Dorme, an escaped POW who fell in love with a nurse in Stalingrad and lost his life in a heroic act of sacrifice. 12,500 first printing.
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The year's finest novel . . . a truly remarkable achievement. Makine will surely one day win the Nobel Prize. (Francis King, Books of the Year, Spectator)
Undisputedly a novelist of genius . . . a remarkable work (Spectator)
One of the most extraordinary novels I've read for a long time . . . endlessly fascinating and beautifully written (Sunday Herald)
Hold[s] the reader in an emotional captivity from which there is no escape till long after the book has been put down (Andrey Kurkov, Guardian)
This is a novel to read, and read again, with ever-deepening admiration. (Allan Massie, Literary Review)
One of the greatest European novelists of our time . . . When you leave a Makine novel, you are simultaneously bereft and enriched. (Herald)
With remarkable concision, he takes what could be vast and weighty topics - nationality, identity, memory and truth - and creates a series of unforgettable images and incidents. (Daily Mail)
'I was mightily impressed by The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme . . . it's beautifully crafted and still resonates. A modern masterpiece." (George Rosie, Books of the Year, Sunday Herald)
'Makine packs great steppes-full of history into compact, bejewelled boxes of prose... An epic novel in - perfect - miniature.' (Boyd Tonkin, Independent )
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- PublisherArcade Pub
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1559707399
- ISBN 13 9781559707398
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages206
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