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The Right Hand of Sleep

A Novel

By John Wray

Paperback | 9780375706400

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This extraordinary debut novel from Whiting Writers’ Award winner John Wray is a poetic portrait of a life redeemed at one of the darkest moments in world history.

Twenty years after deserting the army in the first world war, Oskar Voxlauer returns to the village of his youth. Haunted Continue

This extraordinary debut novel from Whiting Writers’ Award winner John Wray is a poetic portrait of a life redeemed at one of the darkest moments in world history.

Twenty years after deserting the army in the first world war, Oskar Voxlauer returns to the village of his youth. Haunted by his past, he finds an uneasy peace in the mountains–but it is 1938 and Oskar cannot escape from the rising tide of Nazi influence in town. He attempts to retreat to the woods, only to be drawn back by his own conscience and the chilling realization that the woman whose love might finally save him is bound to the local SS commander. Morally complex, brilliantly plotted, and heartbreakingly realized, The Right Hand of Sleep marks the beginning of an important literary career.

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  • Everyday stories of Austrian folk

    The Right Hand of Sleep John Wray Chatto & Windus £10, pp352 Homestead Rosina Lippi Flamingo £12.99/6.99pb pp207 Buy it at a discount at BOL The Family Orchard Nomi Eve Little, Brown £12.99, pp316 Buy it at a discount at BOL In some strange convergen ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 336 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0375706402
  • ISBN-13: 9780375706400
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Pub date: May 14, 2002
  • Dimensions: 200 mm x 130 mm x 20 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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