![]() ![]() One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage.Īs they stroll through the streets of a city still coming to terms with the end of the war, he recalls his friendship with Will, from the training ground at Aldershot to the trenches of Northern France, and speaks of how the intensity of their friendship brought him from brief moments of happiness and self-discovery to long periods of despair and pain. ![]() Tristan fought alongside Marian’s brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family.īut the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit. ![]() September 1919:20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. A moving and deeply felt tribute to a love that dared to speak its name. The Absolutist: A Novel by the Author of The Heart's Invisible Furies Paperback Apby John Boyne (Author) 3,499 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.48 Other used and collectible from 24. Longlisted for the 2013 International Impac Dublin Literary Award Winner of a Stonewall Honor Award in Literature (USA) Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards (USA) The Absolutist by John Boyne: 9781635421668 : Books A moving and deeply felt tribute to a love that dared to speak its name.' André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name A new. ![]()
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