Sarah Winman
Still Life

2022 |

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 rel…ive 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. 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.

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	448
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	0008283397
ISBN:	9780008283391
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	21. 7. 2025 18:33
Číslo položky:	1311431

O autorovi

Sarah Winman

Sarah Winman vyrůstala v anglickém Essexu a nyní žije v Londýně. Vystudovala herectví, jemuž se věnovala v divadle, filmu i televizi. V roce 2011 vydala pozoruhodnou prvotinu Když byl Bůh králík, která se stala mezinárodním bestsellerem a získala řadu cen. Autorka má originální styl vyznačující se osobitým poetickým jazykem, magickými prvky i humorem.

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