The Gustav Sonata is a historical novel set in Switzerland during the second half of the twentieth century, with particular focus on World War Two, the years immediately after the war, and the 1990s. It follows the story of Gustav Perle, exploring his close but undefined relationship with childhood friend Anton Zwiebel, and the damaging impact that Swiss neutrality during the war had on the relationship between Gustav’s parents. It explores themes of neutrality, emotional repression, and regret.
Rose Tremain is the author of two short novels, both remarkable exercises in imaginative identification with aging characters, the mystery of whose lives appears to elude them, until, at the end, they...
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Rose Tremain is one of the most important and most celebrated of her generation of British novelists. In 1983 her name appeared in the famous list of the twenty "Best Young British Novelists" publishe...
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Rose Tremain