Twelve post-war tales

Sobre el libro Twelve post-war tales de Graham Swift publicado por Penguin al 2026:

The remarkable new work of fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author ofLast Orders,WaterlandandMothering SundayHis archly modulated, precise prose, reminiscent at times of his friend Kazuo Ishiguros, has lost none of its power ... immensely readable late-career Swift from start to finish,Twelve Post-War Talesis a marvel of the storytellers art.Financial TimesThere can surely be no better contemporary writer to take on historys circularities that Graham Swift. Growing up in the s there was all the evidence of war. Swift has said. This beautiful cluster of stories shows how vital it remains in recollection. ObserverSkilful, generous and humane, these tales suggest the complexity and heartbreak of being engaged on such an uncertain journey.GuardianThe characters in this collection share their thoughts and memories with the reader as though with a close friend, and the warmth of their confidences balances against their sadness. We feel weve been in the trenches with them, even when a story has gone no farther than the living room. Wall Street JournalThese stories, depth charges of love, anguish, resentment, each in their way relating to the effects of WW, are so good. Swift at his best and hes on top form here has the humanity and wry humour of William Trevor, Patrick GaleQuite wonderful. Such grace and clarity - Im filled with admiration,Philip PullmanIn the aftermath of the Second World War Private Joseph Caan, a young Jewish soldier stationed in Germany, seeks the truth about lost family members in the s a father focuses on his daughters wedding even as the Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of disaster in , while planes fly into the Twin Towers, a maid working for US Embassy staff in London wonders if her birth on the day of the Kennedy assassination shaped her life and at the height of a pandemic lockdown, Dr. Cole, a retired specialist in respiratory disease, returns to work and recalls a formative childhood encounter with illness and much more. These are just a few of the challenged characters we meet in Graham Swifts Twelve Post-war Tales.Tender, humane, funny and moving, Swifts latest work of fiction displays his quietly commanding ability to set the personal and the ordinary against the harsh sweep of history. It is an outstanding achievement, confirming his status as one of the great and subtlest voices of our age.