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Still Life

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內容簡介 戰爭、藝術、愛情，與小說家亡靈英國新設文學獎得獎小說1944年，空襲之夜，年輕英國士兵和年過六十的藝術史學者在托斯卡納別墅酒窖相遇。後者到此搶救畫作與追悼E. M.佛斯特的鬼魂。THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARD‘Sheer joy' Graham Norton‘Utterly beautiful … filled with hope’ Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie’A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits’ Daily MirrorFrom the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us.1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening.Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses’ chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life – and all those who love him back home in London – forever.Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.‘THE most beautiful book … it will stay with me a long time’ Sara Cox, BBC Two’s Between the Covers‘Extraordinary . . . my book of the year’ Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties‘Moving, wise, poetic and funny’ Daily Mail‘Winman’s pages teem with boisterous, exuberant life’ Sunday Times"

作者介紹

作者介紹 Sarah WinmanSarah Winman is author of When God Was a Rabbit, A Year of Marvellous Ways and Tin Man. She lives in London.

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