Nº 2 em Ficção de guerra
In Memoriam
- 396
- Páginas
- cerca de 7 h
- Tempo de leitura
- Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
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Sobre o livro
WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR 'One of the best books of the last decade' Caro Claire Burke, number one Sunday Times bestselling author of YESTERYEAR ‘If you haven’t read it, you’re missing out’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY ______________________ In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him too. When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him to the front. Ellwood and Gaunt find love in the trenches – but just as war brought them together, it can tear them apart... An epic, unforgettable love story between two soldiers in the First World War, In Memoriam is a breath-taking debut. ______________________ 'A genuine page-turner' Sunday Times 'BIRDSONG for a new generation' JOANNA QUINN, author of THE WHALEBONE THEATRE 'I can't remember the last time I was this invested in a love story' Sunday Telegraph 'Assured, affecting and moving' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of HAMNET ‘Will smash your heart to smithereens' Daily Mail THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, March 2023 Preorder Alice Winn's dazzling and inventive new novel WORSHIP now!
De onde vem a nota
As fontes têm média 9,0 em 179 avaliações — ainda poucas, então o voto dos leitores carrega 49% do peso e o restante puxa para a média de Ficção de guerra, 7,9. É assim que sai 8,4.
| Fonte | Média | Avaliações | Peso |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 9,0 | 179 | 100% |
Vozes dos leitores
As resenhas mais curtidas no Hardcover (com crédito aos autores).
“A love story set in British private schools and across the battlegrounds of WWI. Sidney Ellwood and Henry Gaunt, dashing dapper private school boys, constantly reciting poetry and reading Greek epics, are secretly in love. When one of them feels pressured to enlist for England before his time, the other follows shortly behind. What follows are many heartbreaks, of what war does to young bodies and minds. I feel like I read several books with different tonalities. First we're experiencing the angst of forbidden gay schoolboy crushes (honestly kind of shocked how accepted sexual abuse between …”
“Absolutely brutal. Tore my heart to shreds. It forces you to acknowledge the reality of the unspeakable horrors of war. I've never cried so frequently throughout an entire book. Henry and Sidney are precious to me, and will forever remain in my heart.”
Perguntas frequentes
Qual é a nota de In Memoriam?
8,4 de 10, a partir de 179 avaliações de leitores em 1 fontes independentes.
Vale a pena ler In Memoriam?
Os leitores dão 8,4/10 em 179 avaliações em fontes abertas.
Quanto tempo demora a ler «In Memoriam»?
Cerca de 7 horas a ritmo médio: 396 páginas.
Em que posição está In Memoriam?
Nº 2 em Ficção de guerra na captura atual.
Quantas páginas tem In Memoriam?
Tem 396 páginas — menos que 55% dos livros do ranking em Ficção de guerra.
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