Virginia [Paperback]

Jens C Grondahl (Author)

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Publication Date: June 6, 2003

It is 1942 and Denmark is occupied by German troops. A young woman is invited to spend the summer with people she barely knows in a cottage on the North Sea coast. There she meets two people who will affect her entire life: a fourteen-year-old boy who is the nephew of her hosts, and an English airman who has been shot down over the marshlands nearby. Timid friendships develop into a dangerous triangle, and many years later an elderly man looks back on it all, asking himself whether his youthful desire gave way to an unforgivable betrayal. Virginia is a sensitive, deeply moving love story about the intricacies of relationships in the troubled 20th century, written with Grondahl's incomparable and sensitive insights into humanity.

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About the Author

JENS CHRISTIAN GRONDAHL has published twelve novels, two collections of essays and several plays. His fiction has been translated into sixteen languages and he has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Booksellers' Golden Laurels for Lucca.

Product Details

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd (June 6, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841954101
ISBN-13: 978-1841954103
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,617,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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