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The American Lover by Rose Tremain
$34.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands,embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And i ...Show more
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'It was a game of love and death. Neither of us will ever speak about it. It's locked inside us.' Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem distant. He adores his mother but she treats him with bitter severity, disapproving especially of his int ...Show more
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction A poignant tale about the enduring friendship between two men under the shadow of the Second World War. Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he li ...Show more
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
$21.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage 21
Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend, Rudi, who lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Ahead lies the strangeness of London, which holds out the alluring possibility of friend ...Show more
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
$26.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'On the coach, Lev chose a seat near the back and he sat huddled against the window, staring out at the land he was leaving ...' Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to Eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter. Readers will become totally involved wit ...Show more
Trespass by Rose Tremain
$38.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he's become incapable of all meaningful action, letting his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin. Meanwhile, his sister, Audrun, alone in her modern bu ...Show more