Product Description

1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn't know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever. 1917: Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The Great War may be over, but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When Moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind, will she still be waiting? Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love. Cinematic and brimming with raw emotions, it is the magnificent and emotive debut from a remarkable new writer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #310 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Daily Mail
'Two strikingly different tales of love and grief are gradually revealed to have more in common than just the tenactiy of both men to cling desperately to the memory of love...a lush, romantic novel'

Sunday Express
'Really is as special as its press suggests...beautifully told...an amazingly assured debut'

Publishing News
'A tour de force ... mesmerizing'

Customer Reviews

a real let down
I normally like the Richard and Judy choices, and I thought the title was beautiful and it sounded amazing from the blurb on the back. Normally I would check the inside and read a few pages to check I can get into the authors style. In this case I didn't andI regret it. It is an awfully written book with no cliche left unturned. I gave it 50 pages and then stopped. Maybe I will go back one day and give it another go, but I would avoid it to be honest there are many better books out there.

Absorbingly detailed..........
Although this sort of book isn't what I would immediately go for, I can say that I am honestly still split regards how I feel about it. Reading it was a real labour at times, not that it is by any means a difficult read, and at other times I found myself unable to put it down and read well into the early hours! The narrative is more than detailed and thoroughly absorbing at times, at others I found myself frustrated with the pace and willed it to speed up. Definately worth giving it a go - even if you abandon it, I bet you'll pick it back up again!

Interesting but not compelling
Overall I enjoyed reading this book, an easy read, nicely written. However some parts was over detailed, slow and predictable.