Between Mountains

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Maggie Helwig's stunning British debut is an extraordinary war novel, a poignant and gripping story about the ripples that carry on long after the fighting is over, and about two people kept apart by history, ethics and human frailty. Daniel is a war correspondent in Bosnia, a loner and a truthteller, up to a point, careless with everything except his sources. Lili is a translator, based in Paris, careful and meticulous, but when she finds herself working for the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, fails to declare their fragile relationship. Between Mountains is a compelling novel of immediacy and power, about love and language, truth and lies, war crimes and the weight of history - with a vividly evoked and frighteningly real supporting cast of war criminals, lawyers, refugees, journalists and a mad preacher.

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This challenging dark chronicle of modern Europe touches the same nerves as Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room * Guardian *
Profound...elegantly written...it is at once a tender love story, a compelling narrative about recent history, and an unflinching account of human cruelty and sacrifice * Literary Review *
A passionate and poetic love story which never flinches from its task of exploring the way history compromises our lives -- Ben Richards, author of The Mermaids and the Drunks
A candid and moving account of the struggle to reconcile the past with hope for the future * Guardian *
Between Mountains...[is] a profound gesture of remembrance, as well as a deeply moving work of art -- Michael Redhill, author of Martin Sloane

Author Bio

Born in Liverpool, Maggie Helwig grew up in London and Kingston, Ontario, and now lives in Toronto. A writer and poet, she has worked as a music journalist, and an international human rights advocate, and travelled in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and elsewhere in Europe, as well as South America. She is married with one daughter.