Afbeelding auteur

Nicholas Edlin

Auteur van The Widow's Daughter

2 Werken 32 Leden 3 Besprekingen

Werken van Nicholas Edlin

The Widow's Daughter (2012) 30 exemplaren
The Below Country (2011) 2 exemplaren

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Algemene kennis

Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
New Zealand

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This is my first book that I have read, that is partially set in south Korea. It touches on the impact the war had on successive generations of both Koreans and an American writer/photographer who witnessed an horrific act there. It is also the story of Mae, daughter of the writer who is trying to come to terms with not only the death of her father but that of her son.
 
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HelenBaker | Jul 19, 2015 |
I'm glad I didn't know much about this book before I began reading it. It turned out to be a fascinating story set in San Diego of the 1960s and New Zealand of the 1940s. Edin's main character is a painter with a haunting past. A past that we learn about as he takes a car trip from San Diego to Los Angeles. I didn't know anything about the US WWII involvement in New Zealand until I read the book. WARNING: If you are at all interested in reading the book, don't read the blurb on the back of it. It contains a spoiler that is totally unnecessary. I'm not sure what the folks at Penguin were thinking. They seem to want to market it as a murder mystery when that is certainly not its main focus.… (meer)
 
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ken1952 | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 7, 2012 |
This inaugural novel from this writer began with promise.
Peter Sokol, ex U.S.Marines doctor, now teacher and part-time painter is confronted by his past when an ex orderly publishes a novel based largely on Peter's experiences in New Zealand in the Second World War. So far so good. The story jumps between past and the 1970's. Interesting that a New Zealand author should choose to write his first novel in an American voice and does not paint a very flattering picture of NZers at home during the war, nor the Americans abroad.
The story moves along nicely ,but the climax of the story I found far-fetched.
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HelenBaker | 1 andere bespreking | Oct 7, 2010 |

Statistieken

Werken
2
Leden
32
Populariteit
#430,838
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
3
ISBNs
5