The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend, Rudi, who lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Ahead lies the strangeness of London, which holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging...
"'Tremain is a magnificent story-teller'" Independent on sunday "..bravely imaginative, deeply moving, surprising, invigorating and satisfying" Independent "Luminous talent for the fusion of the extraordinary and the commonplace" sunday Telegraph "I can't think of a better sentence-to-sentence writer of fiction" Irish Times "Vivid, original and always engaging" The Times
Rose Tremain's bestselling novels have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger (Sacred Country). Restoration was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1989 and made into a film in 1995. The sequel, Merivel, was published to rapturous acclaim in 2012, and the Telegraph described the character of Robert Merivel as 'one of the great imaginative creations in English literature of the past fifty years'. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and was appointed Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 2013. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. www.rosetremain.co.uk
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099563037 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099563037 |
| Title | The Road Home |
| Author | Rose Tremain |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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