A Partisan’s Daughter is the new novel from the bestselling and acclaimed author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and Birds without Wings. Set in London during the Winter of Discontent, it explores the relationship between a middle-aged, unhappily married, Englishman named Chris and a young Yugoslavian woman named Roza. A medical sales rep, Chris drives by Roza on the streets of London, and in an uncharacteristic move, stops and awkwardly introduces himself. Roza invites him to visit her for coffee. When Chris drops by her decrepit flat, Roza begins to tell him the story of her life. His visits become more frequent and over the next few months, Roza spins stories of her troubled youth as the daughter of one of Tito’s partisans, her tragic misadventures, journey to England and colourful life in London. But are Roza’s stories true? And is Chris’s understanding clouded by his misconceptions of her identity? A Partisan’s Daughter is a finely crafted novel that explores the power of storytelling.
Louis de Bernieres
A Partisan's Daughter
Louis de Bernieres
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Set in North London during the Winter of Discontent, A Partisan's Daughter features the relationship between Chris, an unhappily-married, middle-aged Englishman and Roza, a young Serbian woman who has recently moved to London.While driving through Archway in the course of his job as a medical rep, Chris is captivated by a young woman on a street corner. Clumsily, he engages her in conversation, and he secures an invitation to return one day for a coffee.His visits become more frequent and Roza starts to tell him the story of her life, drawing him increasingly into her world - from her childhood as a daughter of one of Tito's partisans, through her journey to England and on to her more recent colourful and dangerous past in London.
*A Partisan's Daughter is about the power of storytelling. ...