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Informationen zum Autor Rose Tremain 's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize ( The Road Home ), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year ( Music & Silence ) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France ( Sacred Country ) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award ( The Gustav Sonata ). Her most recent novel is Lily , a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. Klappentext A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' ( Independent on Sunday ). Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books. Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor. 'Superb, each story a perfectly cut jewel' Irish Times Zusammenfassung A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor. ‘Superb, each story a perfectly cut jewel’ Irish Times
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Powerful, involving, wide-ranging collection Gerard Woodward Guardian
