Fresh off her triumphantly assured debut novel The Outcast, award-winning author Sadie Jones has again delivered a quiet masterpiece in Small Wars. Set on the colonial, war-torn island of Cyprus in 1956, Jones tells the story of a young solider, Hal Treherne, and the effects of this "small war" on him, his wife, Clara, and their family. Reminiscent of classic tales of love and war such as The English Patient and Atonement, Jones's gripping novel also calls to mind the master works of Virginia Woolf and their portrayal of the quiet desperation of a marriage in crisis. Small Wars is at once a deeply emotional, meticulously researched work of historical fiction and a profound meditation on war-time atrocities committed both on and off the battlefield.
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2015-04-20
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En bok att läsa långsamt och gärna vissa delar flera gånger. Sadie Jones har en känsla för ord och meningar som framkallar starka känslor och bilder.
2011-11-01
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Läsvärt om en naiv yrkessoldat vars psyke bryts ner när idealen krockar med verkligheten. Något fattas ändå i romanen.
2010-05-15
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Kanske som filmmanus och möjligen för miljön under kriget om Cypern, men annars - nja.
