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The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
$35.00 NZD
Category: World 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: World 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
$30.00 NZD
Category: World 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
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
In the story of Lev, newly arrived in London from Eastern Europe, Rose Tremain has written a wise and witty book about the contemporary migrant experience. 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 ...Show more