Sarah Winman – författare

Året är 1944. Med ljudet av fallande bomber i bakgrunden möts två främlingar bland ruinerna i en förfallen toskansk villa. Ulysses Temper är en ung brittisk soldat som tjänstgör i Italien. Evelyn Skinner är en medelålders konsthistoriker och möjligen spion. Hon har rest till Italien för att försöka rädda konstverk från krigets spillror och för att återuppleva sedan länge bortglömda minnen från sin egen ungdom.

Evelyns tankar om livet och konsten planterar ett frö i Ulysses som kommer att forma hans liv under de kommande fyra decennierna. När Ulysses återvänder till sin tillvaro i London bland excentriker och fyllbultar bär han med sig sin tid i Italien. Då ett oväntat arv kallar honom tillbaka dit där allting började, vet Ulysses bättre än att fresta ödet, och han beslutar sig för att återigen resa till de toskanska kullarna.

Med vacker prosa, extraordinär ömhet och en stor dos humor skapar Sarah Winman en gripande berättelse om oförglömliga individer. En hyllning till skönhet och kärlek i alla dess former.

The SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the author of STILL LIFE''Thronging with incident and wonder'' Guardian''Beautifully true . . . superb'' The Times''Captivating'' Observer''Beguiling . . . You can''t get the voice out of your head'' Daily MailThis is a book about a brother and sister.It''s a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between.More than anything, it''s a book about love in all its forms.

From the author of STILL LIFE, TIN MAN and WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.''Will stand the test of time'' Irish Examiner''Beautiful prose that ebbs and flows'' Independent''A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter''Patrick GaleThis is a story about Marvellous Ways, an eighty-nine-year-old woman who lives alone in a remote Cornish creek, spending her days sitting by the river, peering through a telescope. And it''s about Francis Drake, a young soldier who washes up in her creek, shattered by war and broken-hearted. It''s about the magic in everyday life and the lure of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death, and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

From the bestselling author of STILL LIFE*As featured on BBC Radio 4''s ''A Good Read''*This is almost a love story. But it''s not as simple as that.It begins with two boys, Ellis and Michael,who are inseparable.And the boys become men,and then Annie walks into their lives,and it changes nothing and everything. ''Packs an enormous punch'' Independent''Exquisite. I haven''t been so moved and so in love with a book and its characters for a very long time''Joanna Cannon''This book is why I read'' Nina Pottell, Prima''Ephemeral yet powerful... Every fleeting moment is worth repeating, again and again'' Stylist

Available together for the first time, Sarah Winman''s first two stunning novels, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS. Discover one of the UK''s most eloquent and moving writers through her Sunday Times bestselling, critically acclaimed literary sensations. ''Winman''s narrative voice is beautifully true'' The TimesIf you''ve never read the phenomenon that is WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT, now is your chance. It''s a book about a brother and sister. It''s a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between. More than anything, it''s a book about love in all its forms.Then experience the sheer joy of A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS, a book that Rosamund Lupton described as ''a glorious poem of a novel''. This is a story about Marvellous Ways, an eighty-nine-year-old woman who sits by a creek in Cornwall, waiting for a last adventure. It''s about Francis Drake, a young soldier who washes up there, reeling from war and broken-hearted. It''s about the magic in everyday life and the lure of the sea, and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.Two stories. Two journeys. Two reading experiences you''ll never forget.

Lumea lui Elly este modelată de cei care o locuiesc: părinții iubitori, dar teribil de neatenți; cea mai bună prietenă, care miroase permanent a chipsuri și care știe cuvinte sofisticate; un vecin bătrân care-i face avansuri; iepurele pe care l-a botezat „dumnezeu“. Într-o copilărie condimentată cu momente deopotrivă obișnuite și extraordinare, singura constantă în viața lui Elly este fratele ei. Douăzeci de ani mai târziu, Elly și Joe sunt adulți, dar îi unește aceeași legătură puternică din copilărie. Până când, într-o dimineață senină, un eveniment cutremurător amenință să le distrugă pentru totdeauna relația.

Începută la sfârșitul anilor 1960 și pendulând între Essex, coasta sălbatică a Cornwallului și străzile din New York, povestea lui Elly este o poveste despre copilărie, despre prietenie, despre partea întunecată a dragostei și a sexului, despre forța legăturilor de familie. Mai mult decât orice, este o poveste despre dragoste, în toate formele ei.

Sarah Winman (n. 1964) este actriță și scriitoare britanică. A crescut în Essex și a urmat cursurile Academiei de Arte Dramatice Webber Douglas, apoi a urmat o carieră în teatru, film și televiziune. În 2011, romanul ei de debut Când Dumnezeu era iepure a devenit bestseller internațional, iar autoarea a câștigat mai multe premii, printre care se numără Galaxy National Book Award, secțiunea New Writer of the Year. Locuiește în Londra.

Ylistetty lukuromaani perheistä, jotka valitsemme, ja taiteesta, joka paljastaa elämän kauneuden.

Firenze vuonna 1944. Toisen maailmansodan viimeisten pommien putoillessa kaksi vierasta kohtaa toscanalaisen huvilan raunioituneessa viinikellarissa. Ulysses Temper on nuori brittisotilas. Evelyn Skinner 64-vuotias taidehistorioitsija, joka elää elämäänsä omilla ehdoillaan ja pelastaa italialaisia maalauksia sodan raunioista. Yhdestä viinin ja puheen täyttämästä illasta syntyy odottamaton yhteys, kun Evelyn avaa Ulyssekselle oven taiteen, kulttuurin ja Toscanan kauneuden maailmaan.

Sodan päätyttyä Ulysseksen tie vie pommitetun Lontoon harmauteen, jossa Peg-vaimo on jo siirtynyt elämässään eteenpäin. Kun sattuma tarjoaa Ulyssekselle mahdollisuuden palata Italiaan, hän tarttuu tilaisuuteen. Firenzessä Evelynin opit eivät jätä häntä rauhaan ja hän alkaa ymmärtää, että perheen ei tarvitse koostua ainoastaan verisukulaisista.

Italialainen sommitelma on valloittava kuvaus kohtalosta, elämän yltäkylläisyydestä ja rakkaudesta sen kaikissa muodoissa.

“Tämä kirja on paras syleily, jonka olen kokenut kirjallisessa muodossa.” – The Guardian

“Lause lauseelta, hahmo hahmolta Italialainen sommitelma muuttuu runoudeksi.” – The New York Times

Sarah Winman (s. 1964) on palkittu brittiläinen näyttelijä ja kirjailija, jonka romaanit ovat nousseet kriitikoiden ja suuren yleisön suosioon. Italialainen sommitelma on kansainvälinen myynti- ja arvostelumenestys, ja kirjasta on kehitteillä tv-sarja.