05529cam a2200541 4500 198951503 TxAuBib 20141107120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781590515532 1590515536 B0076Q1I3E Amazon 9c69f16d-4c73-45a9-bfa9-54e1baa9316f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 643794 720701 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Boyne, John, 1971- The Absolutist [Libby eBook]. Other Press, 2012. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2082kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:A masterfully told tale of passion, jealousy, heroism and betrayal set in the gruesome trenches of World War I. It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will--from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain. The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep readers on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and will stay with them long after they've turned the last page.. HTML:"John Boyne has produced a gripping, superbly plotted novel, filled with surprises that are by turns confounding, disturbing and tremendously moving. For all its spellbinding narrative momentum, The Absolutist is, in the end, a sober meditation on the heartbreak that ensues when people and principles collide.". HTML:Paul Russell, author of The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov. "A moving and deeply felt tribute to a love that dared to speak it's name once—or maybe twice—and then forever held its tongue. We suffer in silence, we love in silence, and we regret and learn to live our unlived lives in silence as well.". HTML:André Aciman author of Call Me by Your Name. "Political, personal, powerful...a fiercely interrogative novel that asks not just what it means to be a man but also what it means to be a human being in the extreme circumstances of war.". HTML:Irish Times. "It's an outstanding, thought-provoking look at the passionate choices we make, and how we react to life-changing situations. It's much recommended for all readers.". HTML:Echo Magazine. "Extraordinary...The narrative is by turns surprising and tragic in equal measure while its troubling conclusion will stay with readers long after they've closed the book.". Carlo Gebler. "This is great modern literature with fantastic artistic appeal and superb writing, a story of duty, honor, love, high passion and integrity.". HTML:Book Reporter. "Writing of this sensitivity and simply verbal beauty is rare. Boyne is rapidly becoming one of the great writers of the century.". HTML:Literary Aficionado. "(In) Boyne's fiction, there's a sense that people are fundamentally the sum of their traumas...Boyne's narrative grip is strong.". HTML:Literary Review. "John Boyne brings a completely fresh eye to the most important stories. He is one of the great craftsmen in contemporary literature.". Colum McCann. "Powerful, poignant and beautifully written. This will become a classic war novel.". HTML:The Bookseller. "A wonderful, sad, tender book that is going to have an enormous impact on everyone who reads it.". Colm Toibin. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Stonewall Honor Book Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-01-08 20:00:03. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=9c69f16d-4c73-45a9-bfa9-54e1baa9316f http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9C6/9F1/6D/Absolutist9781590515532.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9C69F16D-4C73-45A9-BFA9-54E1BAA9316F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9C6/9F1/6D/Absolutist9781590515532.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9C69F16D-4C73-45A9-BFA9-54E1BAA9316F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9C6/9F1/6D/Absolutist9781590515532.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9C69F16D-4C73-45A9-BFA9-54E1BAA9316F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) BSBPL