Charlotte Gray (Signed) - Faulks, Sebastian

SIGNED BY SEBASTIAN FAULKS on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; wear to upper edge of dust jacket; crease to back inside flap of dj; otherwise very minimal wear; It is 1942. London is blacked out, but France is under a greater darkness, as the Vichy regime clings ever closer to the Nazi occupier in their danse macabre. Charlotte Gray examines the lost domains of the past, the limits of memory and the redemptive power of art. It is also a brilliant evocation of life in Occupied France, filled with memorable characters, such as Julien Levade, the local resistance leader, and his father, a painter and reformed libertine. As the people in the village of Lavaurette prepare to meet their terrible destiny, the truth of what took place in 'the dark years' is finally revealed. These harrowing scenes are presented with the compassion and narrative power that readers will recall from Birdsong.
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Hardcover
Hutchinson
1998
London, UK