Durdey Tricia
Durdey Tricia - The Dancer At World's End - Paperback
Durdey Tricia - The Dancer At World's End - Paperback
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Description: Willoughby's new landlady at Gladstone Terrace is not what he expects. The flamboyant Ruby Hoffman wears a green beret on which she's pinned a velvet bird by its feet explaining that she busks with her cousin Gregor - Ruby playing accordion while Gregor dances. Ruby and Gregor born nine years and one country apart are bound to each other by a family weighed down with sacrifice in the Dutch resistance on one side and Nazi collusion on the other. While Ruby's colourful persona hides a brittle fragility Gregor's burden of guilt is channelled into caring for others feeding their strange group of tenants each barely clinging to the edges of society. But when the enigmatic Leda Godwin turns up wanting to know Gregor's story the delicate balance of their lives is shaken. Peopled with intriguing and memorable characters and told with exquisite precision The Dancer at World's End explores the legacy of violence whether perpetrated by those committing genocide or those opposing them and how the stories handed down to us of who we are or should be who we should love or hate go on shaping lives across generations. An extraordinary sequel to the powerful events recounted in The Green Table this is a courageous heart - rending and important story. Set in mid - seventies London the story goes back to Nazi Germany as replete with pomp and ambition as it is with horror and to post - War Netherlands building a complex tale of identity survival and grace.
Title: The Dancer At World's End
Author(s): Durdey Tricia
Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Barcode: 9781788641081
Pages: 202 Pages
Publication Date: 5/10/2021
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: Willoughby's new landlady at Gladstone Terrace is not what he expects. The flamboyant Ruby Hoffman wears a green beret on which she's pinned a velvet bird by its feet explaining that she busks with her cousin Gregor - Ruby playing accordion while Gregor dances. Ruby and Gregor born nine years and one country apart are bound to each other by a family weighed down with sacrifice in the Dutch resistance on one side and Nazi collusion on the other. While Ruby's colourful persona hides a brittle fragility Gregor's burden of guilt is channelled into caring for others feeding their strange group of tenants each barely clinging to the edges of society. But when the enigmatic Leda Godwin turns up wanting to know Gregor's story the delicate balance of their lives is shaken. Peopled with intriguing and memorable characters and told with exquisite precision The Dancer at World's End explores the legacy of violence whether perpetrated by those committing genocide or those opposing them and how the stories handed down to us of who we are or should be who we should love or hate go on shaping lives across generations. An extraordinary sequel to the powerful events recounted in The Green Table this is a courageous heart - rending and important story. Set in mid - seventies London the story goes back to Nazi Germany as replete with pomp and ambition as it is with horror and to post - War Netherlands building a complex tale of identity survival and grace.
Title: The Dancer At World's End
Author(s): Durdey Tricia
Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Barcode: 9781788641081
Pages: 202 Pages
Publication Date: 5/10/2021
Category: Historical Fiction
