Simon Mawer

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The beautiful novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Glass Room and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.

A new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Glass Room and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.

'Prague Spring is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of the city as well as a political and historical thriller with dashes of espionage. It is as brilliant as anything he has written, which is saying a lot' The TimesIt's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's 'socialism with a human face' is smiling on the world. Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Konecková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain. Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion?

New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Room Simon Mawer returns to Czechoslovakia, this time during the turbulent 1960s, with a suspenseful story that mixes sex, politics, and betrayal. In the summer of 1968--a year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter--Oxford students James Borthwick and Eleanor Pike set out to hitchhike across Europe, complicating a budding friendship that could be something more. Having reached southern Germany, they decide on a whim to visit Czechoslovakia, where Alexander Dubček's "socialism with a human face" is smiling on the world. Meanwhile, Sam Wareham, First Secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with both a diplomat's cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Konečkov , he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. For the first time, nothing seems off limits behind the Iron Curtain. Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubček, and the Red Army is amassed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion? With this shrewd, engrossing, and sensual novel, Simon Mawer cements his status as one of the most talented writers of historical spy fiction today.

New York Times bestselling author Simon Mawer returns to Czechoslovakia, this time during the turbulent 1960s, with a suspenseful story of sex, politics, and betrayal. In the summer of 1968, the year of the Prague Spring with a Cold War winter, Oxford students James Borthwick and Eleanor Pike set out to hitchhike across Europe, complicating a budding friendship that could be something more. Having reached southern Germany, they decide on a whim to visit Czechoslovakia, where Alexander Dubcek's socialism with a human face is smiling on the world. Meanwhile, Sam Wareham, First Secretary at the British embassy in Prague, observes developments in the country with a diplomat's cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Koneckova, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, with all its hopes and new ideas; now, nothing seems off-limits behind the Iron Curtain. But the great wheels of politics are grinding in the background; Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek, and the Red Army is massing on the borders. This shrewd, engrossing, and sensual novel once again proves Simon Mawer is one of today's most talented writers of historical spy fiction.

New York Times bestselling author Simon Mawer returns to Czechoslovakia, this time during the turbulent 1960s, with a suspenseful story of sex, politics, and betrayal. In the summer of 1968, the year of the Prague Spring with a Cold War winter, Oxford students James Borthwick and Eleanor Pike set out to hitchhike across Europe, complicating a budding friendship that could be something more. Having reached southern Germany, they decide on a whim to visit Czechoslovakia, where Alexander Dubcek's socialism with a human face is smiling on the world. Meanwhile, Sam Wareham, First Secretary at the British embassy in Prague, observes developments in the country with a diplomat's cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Koneckova, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, with all its hopes and new ideas; now, nothing seems off-limits behind the Iron Curtain. But the great wheels of politics are grinding in the background; Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek, and the Red Army is massing on the borders. This shrewd, engrossing, and sensual novel once again proves Simon Mawer is one of today's most talented writers of historical spy fiction.

A brilliant Cold War spy story from the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Glass Room

'Incorporating many of the finest elements of spy thrillers... a fascinating tale of and homage to the resistance fighters and members of the SOE' New York Journal of Books

* Reissue of Simon Mawer's briliant third novel MENDEL'S DWARF

Finalist til Booker-prisen 2009. Dette er en annerledes bok om Holocaust. Handlingen i romanen er lagt til den tsjekkiske landsbygda i mellomkrigstiden. Mawer gir sansene og sansningen en helt spesiell plass og betydning i denne boka. Enten det dreier seg om landskapet, erotikken, den forbudte kjærligheten, den tillatte kjærligheten, vellevnet, faenskapen eller arkitekturen, så treffer han med en usedvanlig presisjon. Boka har fått fantastiske anmeldelser internasjonalt. "Episk storverk om et særpreget bolighus i funkisstil, og om de mennesker og virksomheter som var knyttet til huset." VG. "Uhyre velskrevet, dypt humanistisk om håp og holocaust, avgrunn og erindring." Sigmund Jensen, Stavanger Aftenblad.

DETTE ER EN ANNERLEDES BOK OM HOLOCAUST. FINALIST til Booker-prisen 2009. Handlingen i denne romanen er lagt til den tsjekkiske landsbygda i mellomkrigstiden. Mawer gir sansene og sansningen en helt spesiell plass og betydning i denne boka. Enten det dreier seg om landskapet, erotikken, den forbudte kjærligheten, den tillatte kjærligheten, vellevnet, faenskapen eller arkitekturen, så treffer han med en usedvanlig presisjon. Boka har fått fantastiske anmeldelser internasjonalt. Før boka lanseres på norsk, SE HVA AFTENPOSTEN SIER: "BRILJERER" "Mawer briljerer i skildringene av husets rene glasshjerte, der mennesker blottlegger sin utroskap, skam og ondskap. Som tilskuere bevitner vi sakte en fantasisk og detaljert roman hvor kunst, arkitektur, klassisk musikk, og ikke minst Holocaust, vever frem historien om Europa. En historie som tigger på sine knær om å få bli film." Mala Wang-Naveen, Aftenposten, om den engelske utgaven.

* Inspired by a real house, an amazing modernist symbol, Simon Mawer has written his best novel yet, a story guaranteed to dazzle and intrigue the reader

*An exciting and atmospheric novel that will continue to expand the audience for Simon Mawer

In award-winning writer Simon Mawer's new novel, a banished priest discovers the fifth gospel, and with it, the power to bring down the Christian faith.

* An irresistible narrative of courage and endeavour. A story that captures nature at its most beautiful and most brutal and which unlocks the intricacies at the heart of human relationships.

Rob Ross is driving home when he hears that his childhood friend Jim Matthewson has fallen to his death in a climbing accident. Rob's decision to turn his car around and make the journey to comfort Jim's widow is the beginning of a journey into the past, back to Rob's youth before he made the pivotal choices that now come back to haunt him. Simon Mawer skillfully unveils the delicate layers of history in the lives of a group of people connected over the years by camaraderie, love, competition, and lust. In the shadow of an old love triangle lies the story of another, and as we follow the characters from London during the Blitz to the mountain ranges of the Alps and back to present-day Wales, Mawer reveals how the agonies of the past impinge upon the present. This is an intelligent, thought-provoking love story by a brilliant, masterful novelist.