Sarah Winman

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARDSheer joy' Graham NortonUtterly beautiful filled with hope Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About ElsieA gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits Daily MirrorFrom the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us.1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening.Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life and all those who love him back home in London forever.Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARDThe beautiful and heartbreaking new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.'Her best novel to date' Observer'An exquisitely crafted tale of love and loss' Guardian'A marvel' Sunday Express'Astoundingly beautiful' Matt HaigIt begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things.And then there are two boys, Ellis and Michael,who are inseparable.And the boys become men,and then Annie walks into their lives,and it changes nothing and everything.Tin Man sees Sarah Winman follow the acclaimed success of When God Was A Rabbit and A Year Of Marvellous Ways with a love letter to human kindness and friendship, loss and living.

Es 1944 y, mientras las tropas aliadas avanzan y las bombas caen a su alrededor, dos extraños se encuentran en la bodega devastada de una villa toscana y comparten juntos una velada extraordinaria.Ulises Temper es un joven soldado britanico, en otro tiempo fabricante de globos terraqueos; Evelyn Skinner es una historiadora del arte sexagenaria, quizas una espia, que ha viajado a Italia para rescatar pinturas de las ruinas y revivir recuerdos de epocas pasadas, cuando conocio a E.M. Forster y le robo el corazon una doncella italiana.Estas dos insolitas personas hallan un espiritu afin la una en la otra y las palabras de Evelyn sobre la verdad y la belleza plantan una semilla en la mente de Ulises que perfilara la trayectoria de su vida (y de quienes lo aman) durante las siguientes cuatro decadas.Desde las colinas de la Toscana hasta el East End londinense y las piazzas de Florencia, Naturaleza muerta es una novela arrolladora, alegre y coral, poblada de ricos personajes, que trata sobre la belleza, el amor, la familia y el destino.Una historia hermosisima, generosa, rica, profundamente conmovedora y rebosante de esperanza. JOANNA CANNON, autora de El misterio de las cabras y las ovejas

Marvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the Second World War. When his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aid. A Year of Marvellous Ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

Available together for the first time, Sarah Winmans first two stunning novels, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS. Discover one of the UKs most eloquent and moving writers through her Sunday Times bestselling, critically acclaimed literary sensations.Winmans narrative voice is beautifully trueThe TimesIf youve never read the phenomenon that is WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT, now is your chance. Its a book about a brother and sister. Its a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between. More than anything, its a book about love in all its forms.Then experience the sheer joy of A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS, a book that Rosamund Lupton described as a glorious poem of a novel. This is a story about Marvellous Ways, an eighty-nine-year-old woman who sits by a creek in Cornwall, waiting for a last adventure. Its about Francis Drake, a young soldier who washes up there, reeling from war and broken-hearted. Its about the magic in everyday life and the lure of the sea, and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.Two stories. Two journeys. Two reading experiences youll never forget.

Both a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller (2011) and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT was praised as one of the most striking and original novels of the year.

Als Gott ein Kaninchen war, war Elly Portman noch ein Kind. Behutet von ihrem groen Bruder Joe, befreundet mit einem seltsamen Madchen namens Jenny. Die Welt war schon und voller Uberraschungen, die Traume noch klein und fur jeden zu erreichen, und Suigkeiten kosteten nur einen Penny. Zusammen konnte man die Klippen des Lebens umschiffen, sich allen Widrigkeiten stellen. Zwanzig Jahre spater sind Elly und Joe erwachsen und sich naher denn je. Bis das Schicksal Elly zu einer langen Reise zwingt, denn ihr geliebter groer Bruder braucht ihre Hilfe. Nun ist es an ihr, Joe zuruck ins Leben zu holen und endlich ihr eigenes Gluck zu finden.

It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things.And then there are two boys, Ellis and Michael,who are inseparable.And the boys become men,and then Annie walks into their lives,and it changes nothing and everything.Tin Man sees Sarah Winman follow the acclaimed success of When God Was A Rabbit and A Year Of Marvellous Ways with a love letter to human kindness and friendship, loss and living.

An exclusive free sample from Sarah Winmans new novel, A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS. From the author of the bestselling WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT comes this spellbinding new novel.Marvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately shes taken to spending her days sitting by the river with a telescope. Shes waiting for something - shes not sure what, but shell know it when she sees it. Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the Second World War. When his promise to fulfil a dying mans last wish sees him wash up in Marvellous creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aid. A Year of Marvellous Ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

"Eu sabia que estava perdendo o controle do meu coração. Estava apaixonado. E era o homem mais feliz da terra."O mágico de oz Em 1963, Ellis e Michael eram dois garotos de doze anos que se tornaram g

«Los recuerdos», me dijo una vez, «por pequeños e insignificantes que parezcan, son las páginas que nos definen».El mundo de la joven Elly está formado por aquellos que lo habitan: sus cariñosos pero

Esta es casi una historia de amor. Ellis y Michael tienen doce años cuando se convierten en amigos inseparables, y durante mucho tiempo lo hacen todo juntos, como pasear en bici por las calles de Oxford, aprender a nadar, descubrir la poesia y hasta esquivar los puños de un padre autoritario. De repente, esta profunda amistad pasa a ser algo mas. Una decada mas tarde, Ellis esta casado con una mujer, Annie, y Michael ha desaparecido de sus vidas. ¿Que ha ocurrido en todos esos años? Esta es casi una historia de amor. Pero las cosas no son asi de simples.

Ein verbluffend schones Buch. Es bricht einem das Herz und warmt es gleichzeitig. Matt HaigAls sich Ellis und Michael das erste Mal begegnen, ist es, als hatte das Schicksal sie zusammengefuhrt. Erfullt mit einer groen Sehnsucht nach Kunst und Poesie, entfliehen die beiden Heranwachsenden dem grauen Oxford in die Warme und das Licht Sudfrankreichs. Dort finden sie heraus, wer sie sein konnten. Und mussen entscheiden, wer sie sein wollen. Ein einzigartiger Roman uber die Bande der Freundschaft und der Liebe. Alles beginnt mit einem Gemalde, das Dora Judd an die Wand ihres Wohnzimmers hangt. Funfzehn Sonnenblumen, wie sie van Gogh im warmen Licht Sudfrankreichs malte. Jahre spater reist ihr Sohn Ellis zusammen mit seinem besten Freund Michael der Sonne entgegen. Sie tauschen die grauen Straen Oxfords, das Arbeiterviertel mit der Autowerkstatt und die Fauste ihrer Vater gegen die Poesie und das Licht des Sudens. Gemeinsam entdecken sie, welche Moglichkeiten ihnen das Leben eroffnet, doch auch die Pragungen ihrer Herkunft brechen immer deutlicher hervor. Dann tritt Annie in ihr Leben, und das andert gleichzeitig nichts und alles. Sarah Winman hat einen unvergleichlich zartlichen Roman uber die Verflechtungen der Liebe und uber die transformative Kraft der Kunst geschrieben.Gelesen von Stefan KaminskyEine wunderbar erzahlte Geschichte uber Liebe und Verlust" The Guardian"Ein Wunderwerk" New York Times"Herzzerreiend, leise und bewegend" Sunday Express"Eine wunderschone Geschichte uber Liebe, Verlust und Sehnsucht" Red Magazine

*A Richard & Judy Bookclub Pick Spring 2016* A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS is the unforgettable and completely captivating new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Marvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the Second World War. When his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aid. A Year of Marvellous Ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

À la mort de sa mère, menacé par un père violent qui lui reproche son manque de virilité, Ellis trouve refuge chez une femme généreuse, qui a déjà pris sous son aile un autre garçon : Michael. Ils ét

From the author of STILL LIFE, TIN MAN and WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.Will stand the test of timeIrish ExaminerBeautiful prose that ebbs and flowsIndependentA Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela CarterPatrick GaleThis is a story about Marvellous Ways, an eighty-nine-year-old woman who lives alone in a remote Cornish creek, spending her days sitting by the river, peering through a telescope. And its about Francis Drake, a young soldier who washes up in her creek, shattered by war and broken-hearted. Its about the magic in everyday life and the lure of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death, and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

Esta es casi una historia de amor. Ellis y Michael tienen doce años cuando se convierten en amigos inseparables, y durante mucho tiempo lo hacen todo juntos, como pasear en bici por las calles de Oxford, aprender a nadar, descubrir la poesía y hasta esquivar los puños de un padre autoritario. De repente, esta profunda amistad pasa a ser algo más. Una década más tarde, Ellis está casado con una mujer, Annie, y Michael ha desaparecido de sus vidas. ¿Qué ha ocurrido en todos esos años? Esta es casi una historia de amor. Pero las cosas no son así de simples.

The SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the author of STILL LIFEThronging with incident and wonderGuardianBeautifully true . . . superbThe TimesCaptivatingObserverBeguiling . . . You cant get the voice out of your headDaily MailThis is a book about a brother and sister.Its a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between.More than anything, its a book about love in all its forms.

From the bestselling author of STILL LIFE*As featured on BBC Radio 4s A Good Read*This is almost a love story. But its not as simple as that.It begins with two boys, Ellis and Michael,who are inseparable.And the boys become men,and then Annie walks into their lives,and it changes nothing and everything. Packs an enormous punchIndependentExquisite. I havent been so moved and so in love with a book and its characters for a very long timeJoanna CannonThis book is why I read Nina Pottell, PrimaEphemeral yet powerful... Every fleeting moment is worth repeating, again and againStylist