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The Welsh Girl

The Welsh Girl

by PeterHoDavies (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2007

    $3.40

  • Used

    Paperback 2007

    $3.40

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    Hardcover 2007

    $3.40

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

In 1944, a German Jewish refugee is sent to Wales to interview Rudolf Hess; in Snowdonia, a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a fiercely nationalistic shepherd, dreams of the bright lights of an English city; and in a nearby POW camp, a German soldier struggles to reconcile his surrender with his sense of honour. As their lives intersect, all three will come to question where they belong and where their loyalties lie. Peter Ho Davies's thought-provoking and profoundly moving first novel traces a perilous wartime romance as it explores the bonds of love and duty that hold us to family, country, and ultimately our fellow man. Vividly rooted in history and landscape, THE WELSH GIRL reminds us anew of the pervasive presence of the past, and the startling intimacy of the foreign.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 1st. Paperback Edition
 Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 27 Dec 2007
ISBN 10: 0340938277
ISBN 13: 9780340938270
Book Overview: The acclaimed first novel from one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2003, a powerful tale of love, war and divided loyalties

Media Reviews
'A beautifully crafted, lyrical novel' * Maggie O'Farrell, Observer Books of the Year *
'Moving, memorable and beautifully written' * Jessica Mann, Sunday Telegraph *
'Deeply felt and vividly imagined' * Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph *
'Fresh and engaging...Some sentences and passages are crafted so beautifully and seemingly effortlessly that it provokes envy.' * David Cornett, Sunday Express *
'Quietly powerful... a fine piece of work * Stephen Knight, Times Literary Supplement *
'His prose and the evocation of time and place are almost always of the highest order...he approaches the Second World War with a fresh and contemporary style, a gift that he shares with Kazuo Ishiguro' * Russell Celyn Jones, The Times *
'A scintillating instance of fictional imagination applied to history' * Richard Eder, New York Times *
'Impressive...a compelling story in itself, but Davies's special skill lies in integrating conflicts that drive the narrative at a more intense level' * Richard Gwyn, Independent *
deft and graceful * Good Book Guide *
Author Bio

Peter Ho Davies's novel THE WELSH GIRL was published by Sceptre in 2007, when it was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was also a Richard & Judy Book Club choice and was shortlisted for the R & J Best Read at the British Book Awards. His first short story collection, THE UGLIEST HOUSE IN THE WORLD (1997), won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the PEN/Macmillan Prize, while his second, EQUAL LOVE (2000), was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a New York Times Notable Book. In 2003 , he was chosen as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and was a recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award in 2008.

Born in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, Davies now lives in the US, where he is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. He is married with one son.