- World War, 1939-1945, Fiction
In an imagined alternative 1944, after the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, half of Britain is occupied. Young farmer's wife Sarah Lewis wakes to find her husband has disappeared, along with all the men from her remote Welsh village.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Owen Sheers
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 374
- Publisher
- Anchor Books, W F Howes
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407400716
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