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The Lie

Helen Dunmore

Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.59 | 3255 Users | 461 Reviews

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Title	:	The Lie
Author	:	Helen Dunmore
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	January 16th 2014 by Hutchinson
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. World War I. European Literature. British Literature

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Cornwall, 1920, early spring.

A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family.

Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life, forged in a crucible of shared suffering.

Daniel has survived, but the horror and passion of the past seem more real than the quiet fields around him.

He is about to step into the unknown. But will he ever be able to escape the terrible, unforeseen consequences of a lie?

Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK’s most acclaimed storytellers.

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Original Title:	The Lie
ISBN:	0091953928 (ISBN13: 9780091953928)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Nominee (2015), Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2015)

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Ratings: 3.59 From 3255 Users | 461 Reviews

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So far there seems to only be one other review of this book, and to be honest the only point at which I can concur with the other reviewer is in the comparison with The Absolutist; the two books really are rather similar in tone. Apart from that point I disagree with every other aspect of my rival reviewer's opinion. This is a rather lovely, heartbreaking book, which focuses mainly on the aftermath of years spent in the trenches. Daniel has returned 'home' to the far west of Cornwall, and has

This was pretty close to 5 stars for me, something I rarely award fiction. My first Helen Dunmore, but I already have another on my wish list. Beautifully written, told in the first person, it is a poignant and moving story which flows seamlessly between events during the Great War and the aftermath. Usually when a story flicks backwards and forwards in time, the changes are delineated by chapters or scene markers. In this story, because we hear it through the main protagonist's thoughts, the

I have long been an admirer of Helen Dunmore and am pleased to say that I greatly enjoyed her latest work. Obviously it is the Centenary of the First World War and so there are bound to be many books about such a cataclysmic historical event which changed Europe, and the people involved, forever. This is a moving read, but events and memories are unravelled slowly almost poetically and it is not a book to rush, but to savour and think about.Daniel Branwell returns to his home in Cornwall after

How a lie can have such consequences. Kept jumping backwards and forwards, so a bit comfusing in places. Not quite as good as other Helen Dunmore I have read.

This is not the kind of books I usually read but god Im so glad I read this one. Daniels journey through the WWI and post war is something I will never forget. You cannot read this book without feeling the horrors and atrocities of the war cut through your heart. Its a simple story, nothing fancy; its just the reality that stabs you. And coming to the writing, its so graceful, so peaceful and soothing, that relieves you making sure that the worst has past.And lastly, this terrifying tale of

A brilliant book. It was a page-turner, but not in the typical sense. I found myself having to stop reading at times, in order to digest the mood and fully appreciate the prose. Helen Dunmore captures the post-WW1 trauma quite magnificently. The protagonist's experience of the war and his relationship with Frederick is delivered in droplets through memories and flashbacks. It's 1920 now, but is the war really over? He still lives it every day; it's just a different kind of battle. He still sees,

A quite nice, diverting read.A bit depressing, but nonetheless intriguing for the war pictures the author manages to paint. Not quite sure about the point of the story. Maybe there is no point. Just the same pointlessness war possesses. Who knows.Although I find the blurb a bit misleading. The Lie (in my opinion) is not at all the centre of the story. It leads to the end, but the end was inevitable anyhow so ...