The night watch / Sarah Waters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waters, Sarah, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

London (England)--Social life and customs--Fiction.

London (England).

Manners and customs.

England--London.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

War stories.

Authors' autographs (Provenance)

Physical Description:

472 pages ; 23 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

London : Virago, 2006.

Summary:

"Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past - whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in sometimes surprising ways. In wartime London, the women work - as ambulance drivers, ministry clerks, and building inspectors. There are feats of heroism, epic and quotidian, and tragedies both enormous and personal." "Sarah Waters describes the taut composure of a rescue worker in the aftermath of a bombing, the idle longing of a young woman for her soldier lover, the peculiar thrill of a convict watching the sky ignite through the bars on his window, the hunger of a woman prowling the streets for an encounter, and the panic of another who sees her love affair coming to an end."--Jacket.

Notes:

Man Booker Prize, 2006, shortlist

Includes bibliographical references.

Stonewall Honor Books in Literature, Winner, 2007

Lambda Literary Awards - Lesbian Fiction, Winner, 2007

ISBN:

1844082466

9781844082469

1844082423

9781844082421

9781844082414

1844082415

0708809588

9780708809587

159448905X

9781594489051

0434014125

9780434014125

0434016098

9780434016099

OCLC:

62265716

Publisher Number:

PML 194766

9781844082421

9780434016099 9780434014125