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More copies of this ISBN:The Welsh Girlby Peter Ho Davies
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, Peter Ho Davies's profoundly moving first novel traces a perilous wartime romance. Barmaid Esther Evans has lived all of her seventeen years on a sheep farm in Snowdonia, and she yearns for a taste of the wider world. But in the final, harrowing months of World War II, the world unexpectedly comes to her, in the form of a POW camp set up nearby. It is there that she first encounters Karsten, a young German corporal of tormented conscience, struggling to reconcile his surrender with his sense of honor. The consequences of their relationship resonate through the lives of an unforgettable ensemble cast of characters: Esther's proud nationalist father, the resentful English evacuee who lives on the farm, the German-Jewish interrogator sent to Wales to investigate the British Army's most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this thought-provoking work, all will come to question where they belong and where their loyalties lie. Synopsis:Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, Peter Ho Daviess profoundly moving first novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a POW camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when the astonishing occurs: Karsten, a young German corporal, calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two foster a secret relationship that will ultimately put them both at risk. Meanwhile, another foreigner, the German-Jewish interrogator Rotherham, travels to Wales to investigate Britain's most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking work, all will come to question where they belong and where their loyalties lie. About the AuthorPeter Ho Davies is the director of the prestigious graduate program increative writing at the University of Michigan. His collection The UgliestHouse in the World won the John Llewellyn Rhys and PEN/Macmillanawards in Britain. His second collection, Equal Love, was hailed by theNew York Times Book Review for its "stories as deep and clear as myth."It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a New YorkTimes Notable Book. In 2003 Davies was named among the "Best ofYoung British Novelists"by Granta. The son of a Welsh father andChinese mother, Davies was raised in England and spent his summersin Wales. He is married and has one son. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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