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War and Turpentine A Novel
Longlisted for the International Man Booker Prize
A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
The story of Urbain Martien lies conĀtained in two notebooks he left behind when he died. In War and Turpentine, his grandson, a writer, retells his grandfatherās story, the notebooks providing a key to the locked chambers of Urbainās memory.
But who is he, really? There is Urbain the child of a lowly church painter; Urbain the young man, who narrowly escapes death in an iron foundry; Urbain the soldier; and Urbain the man, married to his true love's sister, haunted by the war and his interrupted dreams of life as an artist. Wrestling with this tale, the grandson straddles past and present, searching for a way to understand his own part in both. As artfully rendered as a RenaisĀsance fresco, War and Turpentine paints an exĀtraordinary portrait of a man, reĀvealing how a single life can echo through the ages.
A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
The story of Urbain Martien lies conĀtained in two notebooks he left behind when he died. In War and Turpentine, his grandson, a writer, retells his grandfatherās story, the notebooks providing a key to the locked chambers of Urbainās memory.
But who is he, really? There is Urbain the child of a lowly church painter; Urbain the young man, who narrowly escapes death in an iron foundry; Urbain the soldier; and Urbain the man, married to his true love's sister, haunted by the war and his interrupted dreams of life as an artist. Wrestling with this tale, the grandson straddles past and present, searching for a way to understand his own part in both. As artfully rendered as a RenaisĀsance fresco, War and Turpentine paints an exĀtraordinary portrait of a man, reĀvealing how a single life can echo through the ages.
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Longlisted for the International Man Booker Prize
A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
The story of Urbain Martien lies conĀtained in two notebooks he left behind when he died. In War and Turpentine, his grandson, a writer, retells his grandfatherās story, the notebooks providing a key to the locked chambers of Urbainās memory.
But who is he, really? There is Urbain the child of a lowly church painter; Urbain the young man, who narrowly escapes death in an iron foundry; Urbain the soldier; and Urbain the man, married to his true love's sister, haunted by the war and his interrupted dreams of life as an artist. Wrestling with this tale, the grandson straddles past and present, searching for a way to understand his own part in both. As artfully rendered as a RenaisĀsance fresco, War and Turpentine paints an exĀtraordinary portrait of a man, reĀvealing how a single life can echo through the ages.
A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
The story of Urbain Martien lies conĀtained in two notebooks he left behind when he died. In War and Turpentine, his grandson, a writer, retells his grandfatherās story, the notebooks providing a key to the locked chambers of Urbainās memory.
But who is he, really? There is Urbain the child of a lowly church painter; Urbain the young man, who narrowly escapes death in an iron foundry; Urbain the soldier; and Urbain the man, married to his true love's sister, haunted by the war and his interrupted dreams of life as an artist. Wrestling with this tale, the grandson straddles past and present, searching for a way to understand his own part in both. As artfully rendered as a RenaisĀsance fresco, War and Turpentine paints an exĀtraordinary portrait of a man, reĀvealing how a single life can echo through the ages.
