Jessica Gregson
Auteur de The Angel Makers
A propos de l'auteur
Jessica Gregson is an author and academic. She is the daughter of actor Michael Craig. Gregson has a degree in Anthropology from Churchill College at the University of Cambridge and holds a Master's degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics. She is currently working towards afficher plus her PhD in International Development at Glasgow University. Gregson has lived in Australia, Azerbaijan, Sudan and South Sudan, working with refugees in the latter countries. Gregson's debut novel, The Angel Makers, was published in 2007 followed by The Ice Cream Army in July 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 176
- Popularité
- #121,982
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 17
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 1
The horror of the siege - starvation, death, aerial bombardments - is brought home extraordinarily by the author. Her descritions at times are so vivid that I felt as if I were living through the terror. Yet the characters are resilient in their own way. We meet them not only during the siege, but also learn their background stories. My favorite was Dima, the young blind violinist who is a genius with his instrument. The end of the book is the performance of the 7th, and the beauty of the narrative is a pleasure to read.
My only quibble is that the book is a little too long. I felt that some sections could have been tightened up, but this didn’t detract from my enjoyment of After Silence.
My thanks to Deixis Press and to Netgalley for providing an ARC of After Silence.… (plus d'informations)