Can’t find what you’re looking for? Chances are we can order it for you.
Request Form
Register
My Account
My Wishlist
My Bag18
Item added Item updated Item removed

Subtotal: €306.59

View basketCheckout Continue Shopping

Categories
Close
Menu
Close
Free delivery within Republic of Ireland on orders over €50
Lessons

While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.

Twenty-five years later, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history.From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Covid pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means -- literature, travel, friendship, drugs, politics, sex and love.

His journey raises important questions. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape us and our memories? What role do chance and contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past? contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past?

Author: 
Format: Trade Paperback
Publication Date: 13 September 2022
Pages: 496
ISBN: 9781787333987 Category: Tags: ,

Lessons

€17.99

Usually ships in 2-3 days
Add to Wishlist
Add to Wishlist

Related products

18
Your Cart
Item added Item updated Item removed

Subtotal: €306.59

View basketCheckout Continue Shopping

crossmenu