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1921: love, war scars, and artistic turmoil.

If you're drawn to historical depth and literary richness, "Nineteen Twenty-One" offers a vivid portrayal of a world recovering from the wounds of war. As you immerse yourself in Thorpe's use of the era's vernacular, you'll experience the creative and emotional struggle of a writer during a uniquely tumultuous time. This novel resonates with anyone interested in the collision of personal ambition, historical events, and the demands of love—all depicted against the backdrop of an intensely transformative period.

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Nineteen Twenty-One

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ISBN: 9780099483489
Authors: Adam Thorpe
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2005-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: World War II, War, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.03
(rated by 86 readers)

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It is the freakishly hot, drought summer of 1921; dust storms in London, parched and cracking earth, autumn tints in July. Holed up in a cottage in the Chilterns, a young writer strives to write the first great novel of the War, impelled by his own suffering. Outward events and inner crises deflect him from his purpose, and love intervenes in the form of two very different women. A visit to the hallucinatory wreckage of post-war Flanders brings strange repercussions in its wake. Everyone is in some way damaged by the terrible years of the war; in what sense can art be made out of such horror? Adam Thorpe's novel seeks to touch the marrow of this jazz and death-haunted period, which was ironically the most excitingly creative period of the last century. In a language deeply soaked in the time and by means of a beguiling story which gradually haunts its own process, Nineteen Twenty-One vividly recreates the year in which The Waste Land was written, as well as offering a bright mirror to the inner and outer complexities of our own troubled times.
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1921: love, war scars, and artistic turmoil.

If you're drawn to historical depth and literary richness, "Nineteen Twenty-One" offers a vivid portrayal of a world recovering from the wounds of war. As you immerse yourself in Thorpe's use of the era's vernacular, you'll experience the creative and emotional struggle of a writer during a uniquely tumultuous time. This novel resonates with anyone interested in the collision of personal ambition, historical events, and the demands of love—all depicted against the backdrop of an intensely transformative period.

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.