Twelve post-war tales
Swift, Graham, 1949-2025
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In 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 1960s a father focuses on his daughter's wedding even as the Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of disaster; in 2001, 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 Swift's Twelve Post-war Tales. Tender, humane, funny and moving, Swift's 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, most subtle voices of our age.
Main title:
Twelve post-war tales / Graham Swift.
Author:
Swift, Graham, 1949-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster (Australia), 2025.©2025
Collation:
289 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
The next best thingBlushesChocolateBeautyZooHingesFireworksKidsBlackPalaceBruisesPassport.
ISBN:
9781761429088 (hardback)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
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BRN:
484440