{"product_id":"books-snow-country-by-sebastian-faulks","title":"Snow Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fine and profoundly intelligent novel'\u003c\/b\u003e ELIZABETH DAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A yearning, wistful, lovelorn novel, intent on exploring the price of being human'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Faulks on his best form'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating . . . impeccably researched . . . At the heart of this rich, dark story, however, is not politics but psychology . . . Faulks's committed fans will be left looking forward to the next instalment of this thought-provoking trilogy'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1914: \u003c\/b\u003eAspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets Delphine, a woman of experience and deep secrets. Entranced by the light of first love, Anton comes to life. Until his country declares war on hers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1927:\u003c\/b\u003e For Lena, life with her mother in a small town has been cosseted and cold. After a few years of schooling, she encounters a young lawyer who spirits her away to Vienna. However, what she imagines to be love soon crumbles, and she leaves the city behind to take a post at the snow-capped sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1933: \u003c\/b\u003eHaving lost many friends on the Eastern Front, Anton is sent to write about the mysterious Schloss Seeblick. In this place, on the banks of a silvery lake where the roots of human suffering are laid bare, two people will see each other as if for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSweeping across Europe as it recovers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom one war and awaits the coming of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eanother, SNOW COUNTRY is a landmark novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof exquisite yearnings, dreams of youth and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe sanctity of hope. In elegant, shimmering \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eprose, Sebastian Faulks has produced an \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eepic love story of timeless resonance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent, moving novel'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Faulks's most poignant love story yet'\u003c\/b\u003e Antony Beevor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tale of love - lost and found - and the strength of the human spirit'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53769585656081,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781786330185.jpg?v=1783951887","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-snow-country-by-sebastian-faulks","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}