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Georgina Harding’s kaleidoscopic new novel will appeal to readers of Anne Michaels, Michael Ondaatje, and Sándor Márai. Beautiful, spare, and intense, it captures the loss and the hope of a tragic time through the extraordinary vision of a mute outsider."Harding effortlessly alternates between pre- and post-WWII, and her expert pacing lends a moving solemnity to the proceedings." - Publishers WeeklyIt is the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of the hospital in Iasi, Romania. He is deaf and mute, but a young nurse named Safta recognizes him from the past and brings him paper and pencils so that he might draw. Gradually, memories appear on the page: The man is Augustin, son of the cook at the manor house that was Safta’s family home. Born six months apart, they had grown up with a connection that bypassed words, but while Augustin’s world stayed the same size, Safta’s expanded to embrace languages, society, and a fleeting love one long, hot summer. But then came war, and in its wake, a brutal Stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the same. "A double portrait, executed in clean lines and strong light, of a daughter of the manor, a mute servant boy and the destr

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Author

Harding, Georgina

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781620402436

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical

Rating

3.9 / 5 (316 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14