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The Winter Soldier
The Winter Soldier
paperback
Published:
3 October, 2019
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Description
'Part mystery, part war story, part romance, The Winter Soldier is a dream of a novel' - Anthony Doerr, bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See.
Discover this spellbinding story of love and the tragedies of war from the bestselling author of North Woods, Daniel Mason.
Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a young, idealistic medical student, whose life takes an unexpected turn with the outbreak of the First World War. Volunteering in the name of heroic battlefield tales, he finds himself in a catastrophic field-hospital, besieged by typhus, and thrust into a grueling learning process from the only remaining nurse.
The real test of his resolve comes with the arrival of an enigmatic soldier, his uniform filled with mysterious drawings. He seems beyond rescue, until Lucius makes a fateful decision that will change the course of his life . . .
'Held me by the throat from the first lyrical page to the last' – Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room
'One of the best books I've ever read' – Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory
'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' – The New York Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780330458337 |
| ISBN10 | 0330458337 |
| Number Of Pages | 352 |
| Item Weight | 247 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 24 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Part mystery, part war story, part romance, The Winter Soldier is a dream of a novel — impeccably researched and totally immersive -- Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction * New York Times *
Utterly convincing and written with a lyricism that belies the horrors it so unflinchingly describes * Daily Mail *
Held me by the throat from the first lyrical page to the last -- Emma Donoghue
A powerful tale * Sunday Times *
Extraordinary -- Isabel Allende
A tour-de-force. I was immersed in the grandeur of Imperial Vienna and the frozen battlefields of the Eastern Front -- Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
One of the best books I've ever read -- Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory
So real, so rich and detailed, that the room in which I was reading vanished -- Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less and The Story of a Marriage
Captivating . . . A novel to get lost in * Herald *
A powerful tale of a medical student in the First World War * Sunday Times Culture *
A touching, intensely human story of longing and love -- Georgia Hunter, author of We Were The Lucky Ones
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Author's Bio
Daniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels The Piano Tuner, A Far Country, and The Winter Soldier. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and adapted for opera and theatre. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.