Sadie Jones
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Œuvres de Sadie Jones
Oeuvres associées
The Return of the Soldier (1918) — Introduction, quelques éditions; Postface, quelques éditions — 1,556 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1968
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Paris, France - Études
- Godolphin and Latymer School, London
- Professions
- screenwriter
novelist - Relations
- Jones, Evan (father)
Jones, Melissa (sister) - Agent
- Caroline Wood (Felicity Bryan Literary Agency)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 2,987
- Popularité
- #8,548
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 216
- ISBN
- 161
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 7
The book divides itself between looking at Hal, appalled and yet brutalised by the conflict he is a part of, and Clara, bored, frightened and powerless. As Hal's military involvement increases, the couple become increasingly unable to communicate. Cyprus itself is beautifully evoked, but it casts no spell over the protagonists.
I was unconvinced by the faltering reconciliation at the end of the book, but as an examination of Englishness, and the effects of war on everyone involved, as well as a portrait of a country I’ve never visited, it was a gripping and involving read.… (plus d'informations)