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Synopsis
It is the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of the hospital in Iasi, Romania. He is deaf and mute, but a young nurse named Safta recognizes him from the past and brings him paper and pencils so that he might draw. Gradually, memories appear on the page: the man is Augustin, the cook's son at the manor house at Poiana, where Safta was the privileged daughter. Born six months apart, they had a connection that bypassed words, but while Augustin's world stayed the same size, Safta's expanded to embrace languages, society, and a fleeting love one long, hot summer. But then came war, and in its wake a brutal Stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the same.
Georgina Harding's kaleidoscopic new novel will appeal to readers of Anne Michaels, Michael Ondaatje, and Sandor Marai. It is as intense and submerging as rain, as steeped in the horrors of our recent history as it is in the intimate passions of the human heart.
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"Though Harding's novel is firmly set in historical time, which is Safta's reality, Tinu seems to exist on a different plane, and the multiple dimensions give the book a peculiar power."--"Booklist""
""Harding has created a memorable portrait in words of an exile from language."--"Kirkus"
"The novel's magic lies in Harding's poignant but unsentimental portrayal of people who face such losses and yet find a kind of wholeness."--"O, The Oprah Magazine""Though Harding's novel is firmly set in historical time, which is Safta's reality, Tinu seems to exist on a different plane, and the multiple dimensions give the book a peculiar power."--"Booklist""
""Harding has created a memorable portrait in words of an exile from language."--"Kirkus"
"The novel's magic lies in Harding's poignant but unsentimental portrayal of people who face such losses and yet find a kind of wholeness."--"O, The Oprah Magazine"
"Though Harding's novel is firmly set in historical time, which is Safta's reality, Tinu seems to exist on a different plane, and the multiple dimensions give the book a peculiar power."--"Booklist"
"Harding has created a memorable portrait in words of an exile from language."--"Kirkus"
"[An] accomplished work of fiction." --"The New York Times"
"The novel's magic lies in Harding's poignant but unsentimental portrayal of people who face such losses and yet find a kind of wholeness."--"O, The Oprah Magazine"
"Though Harding's novel is firmly set in historical time, which is Safta's reality, Tinu seems to exist on a different plane, and the multiple dimensions give the book a peculiar power."--"Booklist"
"Harding has created a memorable portrait in words of an exile from language."--"Kirkus"
[An] accomplished work of fiction. "The New York Times"
The novel's magic lies in Harding's poignant but unsentimental portrayal of people who face such losses and yet find a kind of wholeness. "O, The Oprah Magazine"
Though Harding's novel is firmly set in historical time, which is Safta's reality, Tinu seems to exist on a different plane, and the multiple dimensions give the book a peculiar power. "Booklist"
Harding has created a memorable portrait in words of an exile from language. "Kirkus""
"[An] accomplished work of fiction." --The New York Times
"The novel's magic lies in Harding's poignant but unsentimental portrayal of people who face such losses and yet find a kind of wholeness." --O, The Oprah Magazine
"Though Harding's novel is firmly set in historical time, which is Safta's reality, Tinu seems to exist on a different plane, and the multiple dimensions give the book a peculiar power." --Booklist
"Harding has created a memorable portrait in words of an exile from language." --Kirkus
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An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship
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- PublisherBloomsbury Pub Plc USA
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1608197700
- ISBN 13 9781608197705
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages312
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