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Interpreters

Interpreters

by SueEckstein (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

Interweaving universal themes - the nature of identity, the meaning of family, the emotional legacy of the past - Interpreters magnificently unravels the impact of a war that resonates across four generations. One woman wants to uncover the truth about her family history. Another guards her secrets in order to stay sane. When Julia Rosenthal returns to England and visits her suburban childhood home, the memories and unspoken tensions of family life come flooding back. Looking for clues and determined to find some answers, she tries to make sense of her odd childhood and understand why her free-spirited brother has a much easier relationship with her teenage daughter. In a different place and time, Julia's mother struggles to tell her own story, gradually revealing the secrets of her early years in wartime Germany - secrets she has carried through the century - until past and present collide with unexpected and haunting results.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: MYRIAD EDITIONS
Published: 15 Sep 2011
ISBN 10: 0956559964
ISBN 13: 9780956559968

Media Reviews
'A compelling exploration of memory and loss.' Observer 'An ambitious book with an impressive breadth and an inventive way of intertwining its two plots.' Times Literary Supplement 'Compelling and powerful. We too, as readers, become interpreters.' We Love This Book 'Strongly written... demonstrates that trauma is the most powerful inheritance of all.' Jewish Chronicle 'The descriptions of suburbia are quite excellent - from the privet hedges hiding who knows what to the twitching of the curtains.' Tripfiction 'A beautiful and moving story with credible characters that you will quickly warm to.' Book After Book 'A fascinating book spanning five generations and asking questions about damaged families and the power of secrets that can't be communicated.' The Bookbag 'With her characteristic lucid prose and deft characterisation, Eckstein has produced another finely--wrought and gripping novel that is destined to be a favourite with book groups.' Bookgroup Info 'This is a wonderful book and a deserved winner of The People's Book Prize. It will bring back your very own memories of childhood suburbia with a vengeance.' Brighton and Hove Independent
Author Bio
Sue Eckstein worked for VSO for many years in London, Bhutan and the Gambia. Now a lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, she is also working on a PhD in creative writing at the University of Sussex. Her plays include The Tuesday Group, first performed in London in 2003, as well as Kaffir Lilies ('Really wonderful - a first rate production' Nell Dunn), Laura and Old School Ties ('Sparky and intriguing, written and performed with a real edge' Guardian) all for BBC Radio 4. Her first novel The Cloths of Heaven was published to great acclaim in 2009, and serialised on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour in 2010.