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The Woman on the Stairs
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Woman on the Stairs
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Prof Bernhard Schlink
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:240 | Dimensions(mm): Height 128,Width 197 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781474601009
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Classifications | Dewey:833.914 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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Imprint |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Publication Date |
7 September 2017 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
For decades the painting was believed to be lost. But, just as mysteriously as it disappeared, it reappears, an anonymous donation to a gallery in Sydney. The art world is stunned but so are the three men who loved the woman in the painting, the woman on the stairs. One by one they track her down to an isolated cottage in Australia. Here they must try to untangle the lies and betrayals of their shared past - but time is running out. THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS is an intricately-crafted, poignant and beguiling novel about creativity and love, about the effects of time passing and the regrets that haunt us all.
Author Biography
BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944. A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels THE READER, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS. His latest novel, OLGA, was a #1 international bestseller. He lives in Berlin and New York.
ReviewsFor generations to come, people will be reading and marveling over Bernhard Schlink's The Reader - Evening Standard A sensitive, daring, deeply moving book about the tragic results of fear and the redemptive power of understanding. - Ruth Rendell Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart... a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work. - New York Times As compelling as any thriller - The Times on The Reader
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