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      Snow Country: The epic historical novel from the author of Birdsong

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      Lena leaves her metropolitan dream behind to take a menial job at the snow-bound sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick. 1933: Still struggling to come terms with the loss of so many friends on the Eastern Front, Anton, now an established writer, is commissioned by a magazine to ...

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      Product ID:9781784704070
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Snow Country
      Subtitle:The epic historical novel from the author of Birdsong
      Authors:Author: Sebastian Faulks
      Page Count:368
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical fiction, War & combat fiction, Historical fiction
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      Lena leaves her metropolitan dream behind to take a menial job at the snow-bound sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick. 1933: Still struggling to come terms with the loss of so many friends on the Eastern Front, Anton, now an established writer, is commissioned by a magazine to visit the mysterious Schloss Seeblick.

      Read this masterful, generation-spanning love story, set in Austria as it recovers from one war and awaits the coming of another.

      ''Wistful, yearning and wise'' Elizabeth Day

      1914: Aspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets Delphine, a woman of deep secrets. Anton is entranced by the light of first love, until his country declares war on hers.

      1927: For Lena, life in a small town has been cosseted and cold. When her love affair with a young lawyer crumbles, she leaves to take a post at the snow-capped sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick.

      1933: Anton is sent to write about the mysterious Schloss Seeblick. In this place, on the banks of a silvery lake where the roots of human suffering are laid bare, two people will see each other as if for the first time...

      ''Fascinating... A rich, dark story'' The Times


      Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times bestseller, September 2023


      Imprint Name:Vintage
      Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2022-06-02

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      Weight258 g
      Dimensions128 × 196 × 44 mm