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Description edit
When she leaves the ward she feels the whiteness of the room still inside her, as if she is bleached out inside. It is the shock, she tells herself. She feels the whiteness like a dam holding back all the coloured flood of memory. Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A man is found on the steps of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Augustin (Tinu): Add a description of this character.
- Safta
- Andrei
- Marina Văleanu
- Paraschiva
- Adriana
- Liviu Milescu
- Fräulein Lore
- John
- Fred Astaire
- Clare Sanders
- Paul
- Nadia
- Stanislaw
- Ilie
- Gheorghe
- Tinu
- István Szabó
- Mama Anica
- Grigorescu
- Irina Milescu
- Mihai
- Heinz
- Abbot
- Spitzy
- Danuta
- Ileana
- Ioan
- József
- Constantin Văleanu
- Georgina Harding
- Augustin
First Sentence edit
Though he has seen photographs of cities he has never been in one before.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Georgina Harding (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1 March 2012
ISBN: 9781408821121
Page Count: 312
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1 March 2012
ISBN: 9781408821121
Page Count: 312
Awards edit
- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 2012, Shortlist)
Subjects edit
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