The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landauer House shines as a wonder of steel and glass and onyx built specially for newlyweds Viktor and Liesel Landauer, a Jew married to a gentile. But the radiant honesty of 1930 that the house, with its unique Glass Room, seems to engender quickly tarnishes as the storm clouds of WW2 gather, and eventually the family must flee, accompanied by Viktor's lover and her child. But the house's story is far from over, and as it passes from hand to hand, from Czech to Russian, both the best and the worst of the history of Eastern Europe becomes somehow embodied and perhaps emboldened within the beautiful and austere surfaces and planes so carefully designed, until events become full-circle.
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He has lived with his wife in Italy for more than 20 years, and he teaches at the English School in Rome.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349139005 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349139008 |
| Title | The Glass Room |
| Author | Simon Mawer |
| Series | Abacus 40th Anniversary |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2013-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize 2010 (UK), Short-listed for Man Booker Prize 2009 (UK), Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize 2010 (UK), Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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