Sarah Winman

Ylistetty lukuromaani perheistä, jotka valitsemme, ja taiteesta, joka paljastaa elämän kauneuden. Firenze vuonna 1944. Toisen maailmansodan viimeisten pommien putoillessa kaksi vierasta kohtaa toscanalaisen huvilan raunioituneessa viinikellarissa. Ulysses Temper on nuori brittisotilas. Evelyn Skinner 64-vuotias taidehistorioitsija, joka elää elämäänsä omilla ehdoillaan ja pelastaa italialaisia maalauksia sodan raunioista. Yhdestä viinin ja puheen täyttämästä illasta syntyy odottamaton yhteys, kun Evelyn avaa Ulyssekselle oven taiteen, kulttuurin ja Toscanan kauneuden maailmaan. Sodan päätyttyä Ulysseksen tie vie pommitetun Lontoon harmauteen, jossa Peg-vaimo on jo siirtynyt elämässään eteenpäin. Kun sattuma tarjoaa Ulyssekselle mahdollisuuden palata Italiaan, hän tarttuu tilaisuuteen. Firenzessä Evelynin opit eivät jätä häntä rauhaan ja hän alkaa ymmärtää, että perheen ei tarvitse koostua ainoastaan verisukulaisista. Italialainen sommitelma on valloittava kuvaus kohtalosta, elämän yltäkylläisyydestä ja rakkaudesta sen kaikissa muodoissa. “Tämä kirja on paras syleily, jonka olen kokenut kirjallisessa muodossa.” – The Guardian “Lause lauseelta, hahmo hahmolta Italialainen sommitelma muuttuu runoudeksi.” – The New York Times Sarah Winman (s. 1964) on palkittu brittiläinen näyttelijä ja kirjailija, jonka romaanit ovat nousseet kriitikoiden ja suuren yleisön suosioon. Italialainen sommitelma on kansainvälinen myynti- ja arvostelumenestys, ja kirjasta on kehitteillä tv-sarja.

Ylistetty lukuromaani perheistä, jotka valitsemme, ja taiteesta, joka paljastaa elämän kauneuden. Firenze vuonna 1944. Toisen maailmansodan viimeisten pommien putoillessa kaksi vierasta kohtaa toscanalaisen huvilan raunioituneessa viinikellarissa. Ulysses Temper on nuori brittisotilas. Evelyn Skinner 64-vuotias taidehistorioitsija, joka elää elämäänsä omilla ehdoillaan ja pelastaa italialaisia maalauksia sodan raunioista. Yhdestä viinin ja puheen täyttämästä illasta syntyy odottamaton yhteys, kun Evelyn avaa Ulyssekselle oven taiteen, kulttuurin ja Toscanan kauneuden maailmaan. Sodan päätyttyä Ulysseksen tie vie pommitetun Lontoon harmauteen, jossa Peg-vaimo on jo siirtynyt elämässään eteenpäin. Kun sattuma tarjoaa Ulyssekselle mahdollisuuden palata Italiaan, hän tarttuu tilaisuuteen. Firenzessä Evelynin opit eivät jätä häntä rauhaan ja hän alkaa ymmärtää, että perheen ei tarvitse koostua ainoastaan verisukulaisista. Italialainen sommitelma on valloittava kuvaus kohtalosta, elämän yltäkylläisyydestä ja rakkaudesta sen kaikissa muodoissa. “Tämä kirja on paras syleily, jonka olen kokenut kirjallisessa muodossa.” – The Guardian “Lause lauseelta, hahmo hahmolta Italialainen sommitelma muuttuu runoudeksi.” – The New York Times

Året är 1944. Med ljudet av fallande bomber i bakgrunden möts två främlingar bland ruinerna i en förfallen toskansk villa. Ulysses Temper är en ung brittisk soldat som tjänstgör i Italien. Evelyn Skinner är en medelålders konsthistoriker och möjligen spion. Hon har rest till Italien för att försöka rädda konstverk från krigets spillror och för att återuppleva sedan länge bortglömda minnen från sin egen ungdom. Evelyns tankar om livet och konsten planterar ett frö i Ulysses som kommer att forma hans liv under de kommande fyra decennierna. När Ulysses återvänder till sin tillvaro i London bland excentriker och fyllbultar bär han med sig sin tid i Italien. Då ett oväntat arv kallar honom tillbaka dit där allting började, vet Ulysses bättre än att fresta ödet, och han beslutar sig för att återigen resa till de toskanska kullarna. Med vacker prosa, extraordinär ömhet och en stor dos humor skapar Sarah Winman en gripande berättelse om oförglömliga individer. En hyllning till skönhet och kärlek i alla dess former.

WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK'Sheer joy' Graham Norton'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie

A Good Morning America Book Club PickA captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man. Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs sink villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian intent on salvaging paintings from the ruins. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and paint a course of events that will shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades. Returning home to London, Ulysses reimmerses himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parot--a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics--all the while carrying with him his Italian evocations. So, when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate: he must return to the Tuscan hills. With beautiful prose, extraordinary tenderness, and bursts of humor and light, Still Life is a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a deeply drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021 WINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARD ‘Sheer joy' Graham Norton ‘Utterly beautiful … filled with hope’ Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie ’A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits’ Daily Mirror From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us. 1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses’ chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life – and all those who love him back home in London – forever. Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship. ‘THE most beautiful book … it will stay with me a long time’ Sara Cox, BBC Two’s Between the Covers ‘Extraordinary . . . my book of the year’ Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties ‘Moving, wise, poetic and funny’ Daily Mail ‘Winman’s pages teem with boisterous, exuberant life’ Sunday Times Sunday Times bestseller 09/06/2021

From acclaimed author of Tin Man, Sarah Winman, comes a captivating new novel of people brought together across four decades of love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster. Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English solder, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a Tuscan villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth in Florence, her lost love, and a surprising friendship with a young E. M. Forster. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amongst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades. As he returns home to the East End of London, reimmersing himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parrot--a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics--Ulysses carries his time in Italy with him. And when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate and returns to the Tuscan hills. With gorgeous prose and extraordinary tenderness, Still Life is a richly drawn tapestry of the individuals who come together to make a family, and a sweeping portrait of beauty and love.

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A Veranda Magazine Book Club Pick A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man. Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades. As Ulysses returns home to London, reimmersing himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parot--a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics--he carries his time in Italy with him. And when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate, and returns to the Tuscan hills. With beautiful prose, extraordinary tenderness, and bursts of humor and light, Still Life is a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a deeply drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARD'Sheer joy' Graham Norton'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARD'Sheer joy' Graham Norton'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie

"My favorite book of the year was Tin Man. Sparsely written and achingly beautiful... The most powerful take on love, loss and vulnerability I've read in years."--A Cup of Jo From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms, and the little moments that make up the life of one man. This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that. Ellis and Michael are twelve-year-old boys when they first become friends, and for a long time it is just the two of them, cycling the streets of Oxford, teaching themselves how to swim, discovering poetry, and dodging the fists of overbearing fathers. And then one day this closest of friendships grows into something more. But then we fast-forward a decade or so, to find that Ellis is married to Annie, and Michael is nowhere in sight. Which leads to the question: What happened in the years between? With beautiful prose and characters that are so real they jump off the page, Tin Man is a love letter to human kindness and friendship, and to loss and living.

NOMINERAD TILL EN COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017 "Plåtmannen är ett underverk, full av kärlek, längtan och saknad." Observer Det här är nästan en kärlekshistoria. Ellis och Michael är tolv år när de blir vänner och under en lång period är det bara de två. De cyklar runt på gatorna i Oxford, upptäcker poesi och simmar i floden. Och en dag upptäcker de att den här vänskapen är så mycket mer än vänskap. Ett decennium senare är Ellis gift med Annie och ingen vet var Michael håller hus. Vilket leder till frågan om vad som hände under åren däremellan? Det här är nästan en kärlekshistoria. Fast det är inte så enkelt som det låter. SARAH WINMAN är en brittisk skådespelare och författare som slog igenom stort 2012 med När gud var en kanin [When God Was a Rabbit]. Boken blev en internationell bestseller och Sarah Winman fick flera priser, bland andra Galaxy National Book Award och New Writer of the year. Plåtmannen [Tin Man] är hennes senaste, hyllade roman. "En utsökt konstruerad historia om kärlek och förlust." The Guardian "Underbar. Jag har inte blivit så rörd och så förälskad i en bok och dess karaktärer på väldigt länge." Joanna Cannon, författare till Problemet med får och getter "En vacker, livgivande bok som kommer att överraska dig gång på gång." ATTITUDE "Gnistrar av en tidlös skönhet som få författare lyckas förmedla. Avväpnande charmig. Hjärt- skärande. En perfekt historia om kärlek, förlust och livet." CULTUREFLY "Skildrar stora känslor på ett så vackert återhållet sätt att effekten blir desto starkare." SUNDAY EXPRESS "Sarah Winman gestaltar sina teman barndomsband, trauman och homosexuell kärlek med ömsint medkänsla." THE TIMES

The unforgettable and achingly tender new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS