Ronde de nuit by Sarah Waters | Open Library (original) (raw)
Ronde de nuit
roman
by Sarah Waters
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Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, quatre Londoniens tentent de renaître, chacun à sa manière, après les bouleversements de la guerre. Kay, ancienne héroïne du Blitz, Helen, rongée par sa liaison interdite avec Julia. Viv, une jeune femme qui ne parvient pas à quitter son amant. Ou encore Duncan, le frère de Viv, que son séjour en prison a rendu asocial.
Subjects
Social life and customs Fiction Lesbians World War, 1939-1945 History War stories World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 Historical fiction Manners and customs London (england), fiction Fiction, historical World war, 1939-1945, fiction LGBTQ historical fiction Stonewall Book Awards Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Award Winner Romans, nouvelles Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Histoire Littérature anglaise Traductions françaises Roman anglais Fiction, historical, general Non-classifiable
People
Homosexualite feminine
Places
England Great Britain London London (England) Angleterre Londres Grande-Bretagne Londres (Angleterre)
Times
Bombardment, 1940-1945 George VI, 1936-1952 1944-1945 (Bombardement)
Book Details
Edition Notes
Traduction de : The night watch.
Published in
Paris
Series
Et d'ailleurs
The Physical Object
Pagination
591, [1] pages
Number of pages
591
Edition Identifiers
Open Library
OL32138687M
Internet Archive
ISBN 10
2207258149
ISBN 13
9782207258149
OCLC/WorldCat
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Work Identifiers
Work ID
OL551019W
Work Description
A novel of relationships set in 1940s London that brims with vivid historical detail, thrilling coincidences, and psychological complexity, by the author of the Booker Prize finalist Fingersmith.
Sarah Waters, whose works set in Victorian England have awards and acclaim and have reinvigorated the genres of both historical and lesbian fiction, returns with novel that marks a departure from nineteenth century and a spectacular leap forward in the career of this masterful storyteller.
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liasons, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of Londoners: three women and a young man with a past-whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in ways that are surprising not always known to them. In wartime London, the women work-as ambulance drivers, ministry clerks, and building inspectors. There are feats of heroism, epic and quotidian, and tragedies both enormous and personal, but the emotional interiors of her characters that Waters captures with absolute and intimacy.
Waters describes with perfect knowingness the taut composure of a rescue worker in the aftermath of a bombing, the idle longing of a young woman her soldier lover, the peculiar thrill convict watching the sky ignite through the bars on his window, the hunger a woman stalking the streets for encounter, and the panic of another who sees her love affair coming end. At the same time, Waters is absolute control of a narrative that offers up subtle surprises and exquisite twists, even as it depicts the impact grand historical event on individual lives.
Tender, tragic, and beautifully poignant, The Night Watch is a towering achievement that confirms its author as "one of the best storytellers alive today" (Independent on Sunday).