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More copies of this ISBN:Charlotte Grayby Sebastian Faulks
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman called Peter Gregory, who has gone missing in action. In the small town of Lavaurette, Sebastian Faulks presents a microcosm of France and its agony in 'the black years', here is the full range of collaboration, from the tacit to the enthusiastic, as well as examples of extraordinary courage and altruism. Through the local resistance chief Julien, Charlotte meets his father a Jewish painter whose inspiration has failed him. In Charlotte's friendship with both men, Faulks opens up the theme of false memory and of paradises ? both national and personal ? that appear irredeemably lost. In a series of shocking narrative climaxes in which the full extent of French collusion in the Nazi holocaust is delineated, Faulks brings the story to a resolution of redemptive love. In the delicacy of its writing, the intimacy of its characterisation and its powerful narrative scenes of harrowing public events, Charlotte Gray is a worthy successor to Birdsong. Review:"A miraculous novel....Faulks is a master indeed." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"There is no shortage of dramatic tension, excitement or persuasive detail [in Charlotte Gray]....Mr. Faulks is a prodigiously talented writer." The New York Times Review:"This powerful novel...explodes into an immensely gripping tale." The Wall Street Journal Review:"What begins as a conventional love story becomes an adventure of the spirit....Charlotte Gray has depth and texture." The Washington Post Review:"Although this novel does not, sadly, equal its predecessor in terms of seductive readability, its setting in occupied France during WWII and its depiction of the sentiments that motivated many Frenchmen to identify emotionally with the Germans rather than their longtime foe, Britain, grants the story intrinsic interest....[I]n the end, it is the convincing settings, the wartime London singles scene, the old boy spy network, and daily life in an ideologically and politically divided France that shape dramatic immediacy." Publishers Weekly About the AuthorWith Charlotte Gray, Sebastian Faulks concludes his French trilogy of novels, which began with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Birdsong. His other books include A Fool's Alphabet and The Fatal Englishman. After a period in France, he and his family now live in London. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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