The Dynamite Room: A Novel
Autor Jason Hewitten Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 iun 2016
In July 1940, eleven-year-old Lydia escapes life as a child evacuee in Wales. She arrives home to her English village, gas mask in tow, only to find it abandoned. Her family's house is shuttered and empty. Lydia settles in though, determined to wait out the war.
Later that night he arrives: a wounded soldier, gun-wielding, heralding a full-blown German invasion. He says he won't hurt Lydia, but she cannot leave the house.
The unlikely pair coexists in their claustrophobic confines, becoming dependent on each other for survival. Lydia soon realizes that the soldier knows more than he should about her family--and that he's plotting something for them both.
Eerie, gripping, and incredibly moving,The Dynamite Roombrings an original and contemporary resonance to the great tradition of war classics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316327664
ISBN-10: 0316327662
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316327662
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Jason
Hewitt
is
a
playwright
and
actor.
He
was
born
in
Oxford
and
lives
in
London.The
Dynamite
Roomis
his
first
novel.
Recenzii
Longlisted
for
the
Desmond
Elliott
Prize
A Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers pick of 2015
PRAISE FORTHE DYNAMITE ROOM:
"Wow. Wonderful."--Chris Cleave, author ofLittle BeeandGold
"Suspenseful and powerful. A novel of great humanity that exposes the absurd contradictions of war."--Samantha Harvey, author ofThe Wilderness, short-listed for the Orange Prize and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize
"Superb. Absorbing, suspenseful and with a beautifully poetic touch."--Nathan Filer, author of the Costa Award-winningThe Shock of the Fall
"Clever and unsettling, this most unconventional of war stories had me totally gripped."--Shelley Harris, author ofJubilee
"An effective psychological drama between two extraordinary characters. Claustrophobic, touching, character-driven, and told in lovely prose...Readers who lovedThe Boy in the Striped Pajamaswill have a strong affinity withThe Dynamite Room."--Katie Ward, author ofGirl Reading
"The Dynamite Roomgrabs you from the outset and refuses to let you go. Whilst building strong psychological tension between the two characters, it still skillfully achieves empathy, ultimately, for both. A compelling, powerful and humane book."--Judith Allnatt, author ofThe Moon Field
"With its unshowy, confident prose, this novel is accomplished, resonant and surprising, and poses some delicately handled questions about whether redemption is possible, and at what point a good heart becomes forever besmirched."--Jill Dawson,Guardian
"Ambitious and often gripping...Hewitt has a strong sense of narrative pace and brings a strange poetry to his depiction of an exhausted and empty world...A very promising first novel."--Observer(UK)
"As powerfully visualized as a screenplay... Hewitt handles this complicated narrative with assurance, juggling the reader's sympathies while adding crumbs of information, all the while pitting Heiden's tarnished ideals against Lydia's vulnerability. A sense of theatricality pervades the contemporary scenes--small cast, stifling domestic setting--but these are usefully crafted in the closing pages to deliver a jolting finale. An unusual, intricate drama delivered with accomplishment."--Kirkus Reviews
"[A] strong debut...well-crafted and engrossing. In the confines of a house that can feel at once claustrophobic and expansive, he artfully explores family and identity, and how war changes the lives of both soldiers and civilians."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"In this fine balance of taut suspense and tragedy, Hewitt has created an emotionally charged character study in which he explores the loneliness, fear, hope, and shame
that war visits on ordinary people. Mystery and general-fiction book groups will enjoy dissecting these characters and their nuanced story; highly recommended to fans of Karin Fossum as well as to readers of character-driven historical fiction."—Booklist (starred review)
A Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers pick of 2015
PRAISE FORTHE DYNAMITE ROOM:
"Wow. Wonderful."--Chris Cleave, author ofLittle BeeandGold
"Suspenseful and powerful. A novel of great humanity that exposes the absurd contradictions of war."--Samantha Harvey, author ofThe Wilderness, short-listed for the Orange Prize and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize
"Superb. Absorbing, suspenseful and with a beautifully poetic touch."--Nathan Filer, author of the Costa Award-winningThe Shock of the Fall
"Clever and unsettling, this most unconventional of war stories had me totally gripped."--Shelley Harris, author ofJubilee
"An effective psychological drama between two extraordinary characters. Claustrophobic, touching, character-driven, and told in lovely prose...Readers who lovedThe Boy in the Striped Pajamaswill have a strong affinity withThe Dynamite Room."--Katie Ward, author ofGirl Reading
"The Dynamite Roomgrabs you from the outset and refuses to let you go. Whilst building strong psychological tension between the two characters, it still skillfully achieves empathy, ultimately, for both. A compelling, powerful and humane book."--Judith Allnatt, author ofThe Moon Field
"With its unshowy, confident prose, this novel is accomplished, resonant and surprising, and poses some delicately handled questions about whether redemption is possible, and at what point a good heart becomes forever besmirched."--Jill Dawson,Guardian
"Ambitious and often gripping...Hewitt has a strong sense of narrative pace and brings a strange poetry to his depiction of an exhausted and empty world...A very promising first novel."--Observer(UK)
"As powerfully visualized as a screenplay... Hewitt handles this complicated narrative with assurance, juggling the reader's sympathies while adding crumbs of information, all the while pitting Heiden's tarnished ideals against Lydia's vulnerability. A sense of theatricality pervades the contemporary scenes--small cast, stifling domestic setting--but these are usefully crafted in the closing pages to deliver a jolting finale. An unusual, intricate drama delivered with accomplishment."--Kirkus Reviews
"[A] strong debut...well-crafted and engrossing. In the confines of a house that can feel at once claustrophobic and expansive, he artfully explores family and identity, and how war changes the lives of both soldiers and civilians."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"In this fine balance of taut suspense and tragedy, Hewitt has created an emotionally charged character study in which he explores the loneliness, fear, hope, and shame
that war visits on ordinary people. Mystery and general-fiction book groups will enjoy dissecting these characters and their nuanced story; highly recommended to fans of Karin Fossum as well as to readers of character-driven historical fiction."—Booklist (starred review)