by William Boyd · Berliner Taschenbuch Verl · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783833305368
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«Ruhelos» is the spy novel by William Boyd, published by Berliner Taschenbuch Verl in paperback (368 pages, in German).
Ruth Gilmartin discovers that Sally, her mother, is not who she claims to be: in reality her name is Eva Delektorskaja and she worked as a British spy during World War II. The narrative alternates the present of 1976 with the Paris of 1939, when Lucas Romer recruited her, and interweaves deception, identity and the cost of war.
Translation by Chris Hirte from English; original title: «Restless» (2006). The work won the Costa Book Award 2006 and the edition was published in May 2008.
Aimed at those who enjoy spy novels and stories with a dual historical plot.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
