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A Place Called Winter

Yazan: Patrick Gale
Seslendiren: Patrick Gale
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** Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2015 **

To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything.

A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything.

Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies. Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war, madness and an evil man of undeniable magnetism that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before.

In this exquisite journey of self-discovery, loosely based on a real life family mystery, Patrick Gale has created an epic, intimate human drama, both brutal and breathtaking. It is a novel of secrets, sexuality and, ultimately, of great love.

(P)2015 Headline Digital©2015 Patrick Gale
Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Kurgu Aşırı duygusal Duygusal olarak çekici Düşündürücü Samimi İlham verici Korkutucu Kış
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Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakeable tang of a true story. I loved it. (Jojo Moyes)
Absorbing, moving and beautifully written, with echoes of EM Forster which I found especially enjoyable. (Amanda Craig)
Beautifully structured around the warmest of warm hearts, but it's also run through with something new: a devastating chill of loss, fear and exile which keeps you shaking your head and biting your lip in concern and shame and disbelief. (Louisa Young)
Bold, moving, intensely erotic - I couldn't put down this tale of passion and endurance, told with such tenderness. (Patricia Duncker)
A tender tale of loss and love
This is an intensely personal book. Gale was inspired by a true tale from his own family history, and the depth of feeling shows. It's one gay man reaching out to another across a century of social change, and his most powerfully moving novel yet
A dramatic and affecting portrayal of dislocation, extreme environments and the traumatic effects of enforced secrecy
A master storyteller. Quite simply, you believe every word he tells you
Gale is not a sentimental writer, he's vividly aware of hardship and despair, but the overwhelming emotion in this fine book is one of tender, life-affirming joy
His best book yet
This is a convincing and fascinating portrait of daily life over a century ago in a far away place. The mixture of adventure, historical saga and romance is utterly heartwrenching
Gale is a skilful storyteller
Mr Gale often uses autobiographical detail to good effect; here, he has excelled himself with the historical detail, resulting in a beautifully written, satisfying story that deserves to be a bestseller
A mesmerising storyteller; this novel is written with intelligence and warmth
Gale employs his gift as a writer to will such pockets of tolerance retrospectively into existence - for the sake of his relative, as well, perhaps, as for all of us. Humanity does not look quite so wretched through Patrick Gale's eyes
Lightness of touch, one of Gale's characters observes, is desirable in a novelist, and it is one of Gale's virtues...Rich in atmosphere and period detail...this enjoyable tale is both witty and poignant
A gorgeously written, bittersweet story about secrets and identity
[A] fascinating novel (Helen Dunmore)
Be inspired by Patrick Gale's entrée to historical fiction... the deep undercurrents of love and desire that give the novel its pull will awaken you
An epic, intimate human drama, both brutal and breathtaking
A gripping and deeply moving book about love, fear and hope
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The story is wonderful and the characters are extremely vivid.
Patrick, please leave the narration to the professionals.

Great story

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I listened to at least half of this book with a physical pain in my throat. I knew it wasn't going to be a happy story but the sense of impending tragedy that comes throughout the book kept me listening.

Painful, heart-breaking book

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I always enjoy a historical drama where the fact that it's about a gay man or woman is secondary to the good story. The setting of the story is very interesting starting in England and moving to Canada before the First World War. All the scenes that the author sets are just breathtaking. The conditions in Canada are well detailed. Harry's journey from privileged Englishman to working-class Canadian is the most interesting part for me. A very good read.

thoroughly enjoyed the journey

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Loved this book - so sensitively written and in such a way that the characters and places came to life. I became emotionally involved with the main characters. Perfectly read by the author.

Such a moving story

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It was beautifully told. Loved it, cried, felt the despair & hope. Really good book

It was beautifully told.

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