In the tradition of All The Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale, comes an incandescent debut novel about a young Dutch man who comes of age during the perilousness of World War II. Beginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of pros
A stone boat: a novel
โ Scribed by Solomon, Andrew
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Edition
- 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, London (England), England--London., England.
- ISBN
- 1476710929
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โฆ Synopsis
"Harry, an internationally celebrated young concert pianist, travels to Paris to confront his glamorous and formidable mother about her dismay at his homosexuality. Before he can give voice to his hurt and anger, he discovers she is terminally ill. In an attempt to escape his feelings of guilt and despair over the prospect of her death, he embarks on several intense affairs -- one with a longtime female friend -- that force him to question his capacity for love, and finally to rediscover it"--Page 4 of cover.
โฆ Subjects
England -- London
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