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The Absolutist

Von: John Boyne
Gesprochen von: Michael Maloney
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September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War, but in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family.

But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep in his soul. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage.

As he recalls his friendship with Will, from the training ground at Aldershot to the trenches of Northern France, he speaks of how the intensity of their friendship brought him both happiness and self-discovery as well as despair and pain.

The Absolutist is a novel that examines the events of the Great War from the perspective of two young soldiers, both struggling with the complexity of their emotions and the confusion of their friendship.

 20. Jahrhundert Belletristik Freundschaft Historische Romane Literatur & Belletristik

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Extraordinary...The narrative is by turns surprising and tragic in equal measure while its troubling conclusion will stay with readers long after they've closed the book.
Powerful, poignant and beautifully written. This will become a classic war novel.
John Boyne brings a completely fresh eye to the most important stories. He guides us through the realm of history and makes the journey substantial, poignant and real. He is one of the great craftsmen in contemporary literature.
A wonderful, sad, tender book. There are some amazing things about this novel - one is the simplicity and purity of the narrative line; another is the sort of complexity within the characters and the emotions and the motives; another is the sense of the period, with all its restrictions. The book is going to have an enormous impact on everyone who reads it.
A fiercely interrogative novel that asks not just what it means to be a man but also what it means to be a human being in the extreme circumstances of war.
A superb evocation of the Great War and its very human effects.
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A gripping account of the horrors of war, of the struggles against society's norms, of struggling against your own desires and demons. No easy fare but so worth the journey. This book ponders questions and conjures up images that will stick with you long after the narration has ended!

Remarkable and haunting!

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it is my second Boyne book and, as the first one (the heart's invisible furies), it has left me speechless. I am certain this story will haunt me for a very long time, a story about the horros of the great war, a story of love and friendship and the impossibility to find love outside the norm in those times. to have endured the horrors of the war coupled with the impossibility to lead a happy personal life have made me feel deeply for Tristan Sadler. after the war he chose the best profession in order to be able to live with himself and his story to a ripe old age. what a read!! I highly recommend it, it is no light tale and at times it was difficult to listen, but it was worth it completely.

Haunting Tale

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