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Forbidden love amidst the horrors of war.

"In Memoriam" is a compelling journey, ideal for anyone who appreciates historical fiction with deep emotional undercurrents. Alice Winn has masterfully balanced the grim realities of World War I with a poignant love story that offers both an epic scope and an intimate look into the characters' lives. Readers with a taste for narratives that capture the resilience of the human spirit and the complexities of love against a backdrop of historical events will find themselves deeply moved by this tale.

  • British Book Award for Debut Fiction (2024)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2024)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Novel (2023)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2023)
  • Libby Award Nominee for Best Debut (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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In Memoriam

Regular price RM33.29 MYR
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ISBN: 9780241567838
Authors: Alice Winn
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2024-02-29
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: War, LGBTQ+, Historical Romance
Goodreads rating: 4.52
(rated by 43348 readers)

Description

It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that Ellwood is in love with him, always has been. When Gaunt's German mother and twin sister ask him to enlist as an officer in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, Gaunt signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. The front is horrific, of course, and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield, Ellwood soon rushes to join him, spurred on by his love of Greek heroes and romantic poetry. Before long, their classmates have followed suit. Once in the trenches, Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, but their friends are all dying, right in front of them, and at any moment they could be next. An epic tale of both the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.
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"In Memoriam" is a compelling journey, ideal for anyone who appreciates historical fiction with deep emotional undercurrents. Alice Winn has masterfully balanced the grim realities of World War I with a poignant love story that offers both an epic scope and an intimate look into the characters' lives. Readers with a taste for narratives that capture the resilience of the human spirit and the complexities of love against a backdrop of historical events will find themselves deeply moved by this tale.

  • British Book Award for Debut Fiction (2024)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2024)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Novel (2023)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2023)
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Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.