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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

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Held and the vital relationship betweenA breathtaking, ineffable new novel from the author of the international best sellers Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault a story of love and loyalty across generations, at once sweeping and intimate 1917. On a battlefield near the River Escaut, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory as the snow falls a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his