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Rachel Seiffert
A collection of stories exploring themes of guilt, love and sacrifice. Evoking our human need for connection, this work takes us on journeys that demonstrate both the fragility and adaptability…
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Dead of night and dead of winter; war brings a stranger to the door; a family is tricked into a act of compassion and danger.
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To be truly alive means having to make choices
To be truly alive is also, quite simply, to love
Dead of night and dead of winter; war brings a stranger…
From the Man Booker shortlisted author of the Dark Room comes a new novel about love and the desire to come home.
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The experiences of three people are evoked with stunning emotional depth and psychological authenticity. With dazzling originality and to profound effect, Seiffert has recreated one of the darkest moments of…
Alice and Joseph fall into a serious relationship. Each brings with them an emotional burden. Joseph refuses to speak about his army experiences and Alice suspects that his reticence hides…
The new novel from Rachel Seiffert, author of the Booker-shortlisted The Dark Room.
Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. A Boy In Winter tells of the…
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The Dark Room tells the stories of three ordinary Germans: Helmut, a young photographer in Berlin in the 1930s who uses his craft to express his patriotic fervour; and, fifty…
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Anna Seghers
A rediscovered German classic novel from 1942, never before published in the UK, The Seventh Cross is both a gripping escape story and a powerful novel of resistance.
