The Soldier's Return: A Novel - Hardcover

Bragg, Melvyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559706392 ISBN 13: 9781559706391

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Deeply scarred by traumatic memories of World War II, soldier Sam Richardson returns home in 1946 and strives to manage changes in his family, which includes a young son who barely remembers him and a wife with a new sense of independence from her wartime job.

About this title

About the Author:

Melvyn Bragg was born in Wigton, England, the setting for this novel. He is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, including The Cumbrian Trilogy, The Maiden of Buttermere, and A Time to Dance. In 1998 he was made a life peer.

From AudioFile:

The title subject is so ancient and universal that its archetypal expression, Homer's ODYSSEY, still grips readers worldwide after three thousand years. The soldier's homecoming often ignites trauma greater than that of battle. In his assay of the theme, Melvyn Bragg shows us a basically decent working-class grunt adjusting to hearth and home in an English town after WWII. Actor Mark McGann approaches the unassuming tale with quiet reflectiveness and an intimacy with the book's Cumbrian backdrop. He creates an atmosphere of wintry gloom, as his hero tries to warm the chill in his psyche. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1559706392
• ISBN 13: 9781559706391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346