Twelve post-war tales
Swift, Graham, 1949-2026
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In the aftermath of the Second World War Private Joseph Caan, a young Jewish soldier stationed in Germany, seeks the truth about lost family members; in the 1960s a father focuses on his daughter's wedding even as the Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of disaster; in 2001, while planes fly into the Twin Towers, a maid working for US Embassy staff in London wonders if her birth on the day of the Kennedy assassination shaped her life; and at the height of a pandemic lockdown, Dr. Cole, a retired specialist in respiratory disease, returns to work and recalls a formative childhood encounter with illness and much more. These are just a few of the challenged characters we meet in Graham Swift's 'Twelve Post-War Tales'.
Main title:
Twelve post-war tales / Graham Swift.
Author:
Swift, Graham, 1949-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Scribner UK, 2026.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781398535510 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1016629