- World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Literature, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Anne Michaels's fiercely beautiful debut novel tells the interlocking stories of three men of different generations whose lives are transformed by the events and shifting effects of the same war.
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- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Anne Michaels
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 312
- Publisher
- Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, Chivers Press, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 40
- Language
- Dutch, Portuguese, dan, German
- ISBN
- 9782890529168
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Anne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Lannan Award for Fiction and the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for the Americas. She is the recipient of honorary degrees, the Guggenheim Fellowship and many other honours. She has been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, twice shortlisted for the Giller Prize and twice long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. Michaels won a 2019 Vine Award for Infinite Gradation, her first volume of non-fiction. Mic
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