Still Life
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Still Life
By (Author) Sarah Winman
HarperCollins Publishers
Fourth Estate Ltd
7th September 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Historical fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
270g
Description
WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME
A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
Sheer joy' Graham Norton
Utterly beautiful filled with hope Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie
A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits Daily Mirror
From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us.
1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening.
Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life and all those who love him back home in London forever.
Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.
THE most beautiful book it will stay with me a long time Sara Cox, BBC Twos Between the Covers
Extraordinary . . . my book of the year Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties
Moving, wise, poetic and funny Daily Mail
Winmans pages teem with boisterous, exuberant life Sunday Times
Sunday Times bestseller 09/06/2021
Reviews
The sheer joy in Sarah Winmans storytelling is completely infectious. Ive loved spending time with this unforgettable cast of characters in extraordinary times and places Graham Norton
Winmans pages teem with boisterous, exuberant life The novel has verve, charm and tremendous heart Sunday Times
Exquisite There are not enough superlatives to contain the magnitude and beauty of this novel Sunday Independent
Sentence after sentence, character by character, Still Life becomes poetry New York Times Book Review
A tonic for wanderlust and a cure for loneliness. Its that rare, affectionate novel that makes one feel grateful to have been carried along The Washington Post
Teeming with unforgettable characters and oozing atmosphere, its a joyous, summery ode to love, art and poetry Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday
Rich, deeply moving and filled with hope. Sarah Winman is one of the greatest storytellers of our time Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits [A] hopeful, happy, intensely humane novel Daily Mirror
Readers will want to prolong the pleasure of Sarah Winmans beautiful novel Still Life for as long as possible Donal Ryan, author of From a Low and Quiet Sea
'Embodies the full generosity of the human spirit Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Gorgeous luscious and clever The Times
In Still Life, [Winman] emerges now as the great narrator of hope Helen Cullen, Irish Times
Author Bio
Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Weber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. Her first novel, When God Was a Rabbit was an international bestseller, her second A Year of Marvellous Ways was a Sunday Times bestseller and Tin Man was shortlisted for the Costa Novel award 2018.
