Still life /
Winman, Sarah,
Still life / Sarah Winman. - London, UK : Fourth Estate UK/US, 2021. - 438 pages ; 24 cm.
1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn's talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses' mind that will shape the trajectory of his life - and of those who love him - for the next four decades.
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Forster, E. M. 1879-1970 --Fiction.
1939-1945
Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Italy--Fiction.
Fate and fatalism--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Boardinghouses--Italy--Florence--Fiction.
Memories--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Art historians--Fiction.
Strangers--Fiction.
Reminiscing--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Tuscany--Fiction.
Art--Italy--Fiction.
Bars (Drinking establishments)--England--London--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Lesbians--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Tuscania (Italy)--Fiction.
Florence (Italy)--Fiction.
East End (London, England)--Fiction.
UK & IRL historical fiction
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Biographical fiction.
War stories.
823.92
Still life / Sarah Winman. - London, UK : Fourth Estate UK/US, 2021. - 438 pages ; 24 cm.
1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn's talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses' mind that will shape the trajectory of his life - and of those who love him - for the next four decades.
9780008283360 0008283362 9780008283391
Forster, E. M. 1879-1970 --Fiction.
1939-1945
Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Italy--Fiction.
Fate and fatalism--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Boardinghouses--Italy--Florence--Fiction.
Memories--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Art historians--Fiction.
Strangers--Fiction.
Reminiscing--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Tuscany--Fiction.
Art--Italy--Fiction.
Bars (Drinking establishments)--England--London--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Lesbians--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Tuscania (Italy)--Fiction.
Florence (Italy)--Fiction.
East End (London, England)--Fiction.
UK & IRL historical fiction
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Biographical fiction.
War stories.
823.92
