Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding

Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding

An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012

Conjures a tale that recalls vintage Michael Ondaatje.. delicate and sweeping * Daily Mail *
This is fiction of the most graceful kind ... a quiet storm of imagery and emotions -- Christian House * Independent on Sunday *
I loved Painter of Silence. It was like entering a dream world that became more and more real, until I actually needed to get back to it. Her writing is so gentle and beautiful and takes you so confidently on a journey. I let myself be carried away. Heaven * Esther Freud *
Painter of Silence insists on being recommended because of its unassertive originality, its sense of history, its knowledge of the unsaid and the unsayable, and - not least - its delightfully surprising ending -- Paul Bailey * Independent *
Harding writes with exquisite restraint ... Her deceptively simple prose gives a startling beauty to the ordinary, and evokes great depth of suffering * Guardian *
Harding's writing has a careful, lilting fluency which nourishes a slow-burning momentum ... an adroit examination of our need for a home, and the terrible consequences of its loss -- Philip Womack * Daily Telegraph *
A must-read ... Hauntingly beautiful, for fans of The English Patient -- Viv Groskop * Red *

Georgina Harding is the author of two novels: The Solitude of Thomas Cave and The Spy Game, a BBC Book at Bedtime; and two works of non-fiction: Tranquebar and In Another Europe. She lives in London and the Stour Valley, Essex.

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ISBN 13	9781408830420
ISBN 10	1408830426
Title	Painter of Silence
Author	Georgina Harding
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2012-04-26
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2012
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