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Author:

Winman, Sarah, 1964- author.

Title:

Still life / Sarah Winman.

Edition:

First Large Print edition

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

637 pages (large print) ; 24 cm

Subject:

British--Italy--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Tuscany (Italy)--Fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Fiction.
Large type books.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

"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"--Publisher description.

ISBN:

0593459679
9780593459676

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1285604836

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EHPA605 -- Little Rock Public Library (Little Rock)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)