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| THE ELEMENT OF WATER
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The Women's Press, London 2001 |
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Resonating with poignant imagery this outstanding
novel examines the best and worst of human nature.
Times on Saturday |
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| 'Quantz hurled his Iron Cross in the
air. It described a high arc and plopped into the water
like a stone. Then, bending his knees, Michael swung
his arm to skim the badges like spinning pebbles, which bounced
twice, three times and sank. The lake bottom, like a
wishing well, was scattered with a maze of small change.' |
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| May, 1945: the remnant of the Third Reich
government, along with millions of refugees, dive for cover
in Northern Germany. Submerged beneath the waters of
Lake Plön lie medals, weapons, uniforms, to be retrieved
as relics by the advancing Allied powers. Neither the
elder nor younger generation of German and British characters
in Stevie Davies' disquieting and compassionate new novel
can escape the betrayals, brutalities and compromises that
shaped and stained their history. Beautifully written,
with the immediacy of lived experience and a sustained ethical
passion, The Element of Water is a requiem for lost
children, a political meditation and a tender love story. |
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