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War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans
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War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans
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Jul 25, 2017 | ISBN 9781101872116

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Praise

“Potent. . . . Harrowing. . . . War and Turpentine is billed as a novel, but that’s hardly the word for it. It’s an uncanny work of historical reconstruction . . . a gritty yet melancholy account of war and memory and art that may remind some readers of the work of the German writer W. G. Sebald.” —The New York Times

“A masterly book about memory, art, love and war. . . . Affords the sensory pleasures of a good novel while also conveying the restlessness of memoir. . . . A blast of narrative fresh air.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A lovingly reimagined life of an ordinary man whose life was forever marked by the first world war.” —The Economist (Best Book of the Year)

“A rich fictionalized memoir. . . . Death, destruction, obligation, duty–Urbain faces them all and yet he still finds joy in life.” The Times (UK)

“A future classic. . . . A book that lies at the crossroads of novel, biography, autobiography and history, with inset essays, meditations, pictures. . . . Every detail has the heightened luminosity of poetry.” The Guardian

“Wonderful, full of astonishingly vivid moments of powerful imagery. . . . moving moments of mysterious beauty. . . . Brilliantly captures the intractable reality of a complex man.” —Sunday Times (UK)

“Using the methods of narrative collage. . . and affectionate detective work—the writer evokes his grandfather’s life in full. . . . Hertmans provides a richly detailed excavation of a life and a thoughtful exploration of familial memory.” —Kirkus

Awards

Man Booker International Prize LONGLIST 2017

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