A Desert In Bohemia

Jill Paton Walsh

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Black Swan
01 May 2012

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A brilliant, moving and thought-provoking novel from the author of Knowledge of Angels.

It is 1945. Somewhere in Central Europe, in the aftermath of violence and confusion, a terrified and bloodstained young woman, Eliska, emerges from the forest to take refuge in an apparently abandoned castle. Soon she is joined by others - the idealistic Jiri, the sinister Slavomir and his partisans, and Count Michael Blansky, who is the castle's ancestral owner.

But the war has changed things for ever. In a storm of ideological change, the existing order and the aristocratic heritage of ten generations are brushed aside by the arrival of Communism, and Count Michael must join the flood of refugees if he is to survive. He leaves behind a legacy which will entangle those involved for the next forty years in more ways than they can possibly imagine.

As divided post-war Europe unravels around them, they must make what they can of lives buffeted by circumstance. For many, individual freedom is at best problematic. For better or worse, communities are destroyed, families uprooted, and the ties of trust, friendship and duty which bind them together are broken down by the implacably irresolvable forces at work. Told through the eyes of nine characters who live through the forty years between the end of the war and the fall of Communism, A Desert in Bohemia is a complex and enthralling testament to the power and powerlessness of the individual in challenging times.

By: Jill Paton Walsh
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 235g
ISBN: 9780552778763
ISBN 10: 0552778761
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Desert In Bohemia

'Structurally and thematically ambitious...serious, yet enchanting' * Independent on Sunday * 'A moving, gripping, ultimately optimistic, and intensely satisfying novel. Beautifully constructed and written...wonderful' * Harpers & Queen * 'A shimmering, fabulous story...Tragic, convincing, moving, this is a novel whose richness, complexity and, ultimately, optimism make the heart * The Times * 'Sinuously evocative...Masterfully told...Immensely ambitious, yet also immensely moving, A Desert in Bohemia deserves to follow Walsh's last novel, Knowledge of Angels, on to the Booker shortlist' * Daily Mail * 'Immensely powerful...a broad sweep of a book' * The Scotsman *

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