"The Great War", like all other wars, had many different kinds of casualties. The ones who come back bear their scars forever no matter how quietly they try to put their lives back together. In this novel full of beautifully understated emotion, Dunmore invites us unto Daniel's tormented mind as he attempts to manage the past and present to the best of his damaged ability and finds a kind of closure at the meeting of both realities. — Karen Frank
Advance praise for THE LIE:
[A] tender tale subtle and enduring...A quiet tragedy a poet's feeling for language shines through the descriptions of the landscapein this novel Dunmore has wreaked tenderness out of tragedy, so that the reader is left with the sense that something beautiful, however fleeting, has been salvaged from the darkness.”The Observer (UK)
Heartbreaking the emotional power resonates.”Kirkus Reviews
Distinguished by the sensual, compact intensity of Dunmore’s prose, The Lie lays bare on its local canvas the invisible wounds of a global catastrophe.” Independent (UK)
The Lie is a fine example of Dunmore’s ability to perceive the long vistas of history in which the dead remain restlessIt is a book in which ghosts, perhaps, remain imaginary: but they are none the less real for that.”Guardian (UK)
Helen Dunmore’s two resources are imagination and research. She’s strong on both countsa very good novel. 2014 is a very good year to read it.”The Times UK)
Visceral and elegantly plotted.”Daily Mail (UK)
An enthralling novel of love and devastating loss Powerful storytelling.”Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month
Orange-prize winning author Helen Dunmore explores the relationship between two First World War soldiers: Daniel, who survived, and his childhood friend Frederick, who died, plus Daniel’s ambiguous bond with Fredericks’ sister Felicia. A dark and haunting exploration of grief and guilt.”Sunday Express, Hot Books for 2014
Famed for her searing accounts of the siege of Leningrad and its aftermath, Helen Dunmore moves to England after the First World War in The Lie. She chronicles the struggle of a young man without family and homeless amid the quiet landscape of Cornwall, trying to escape his memories of trench warfare.”Daily Express, Top titles for 2014
Exceptionally good.”Western News
The writing, even at its most harrowing, is suffused with poetry and evocative descriptiona heart-wrenching portrait of psychological crucifixion.”Literary Review
An extraordinarily affecting novelcrunchingly powerfulwhat’s most heartbreaking about the novel is the hesitant, awkward intimacy between Daniel and Felicia.”Reader's Digest
Excitingthe four year wait for this new novel promises to be well worth it.”The Upcoming.com, Five books to watch out for in 2014
A stunning, understated novel that breathes with authenticitySurely a must for all the prize lists.”Bookseller
An enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK’s most acclaimed storytellers If you only read one novel in 2014 set during WWI, this must be the one.”Absolutely West
Praise for Helen Dunmore:
Dunmore captures how a single moment can change the course of a life.” Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly
Dunmore’s carefully observed stories demonstrate her ear for language and her eye for the telling moment.” The New York Times Book Review
Her writing is both elegant and revealing.”The Seattle Times
Dunmore’s rich writing [is] by turns muscular and poetic.”The Washington Post
When reading Dunmore, there is always the consolation of being with a fine mind.” The Houston Chronicle
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