John Galsworthy

Tatterdemalion

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Produktbeschreibung

Tatterdemalion explores the quiet dignity of endurance and the healing force of compassion amid the devastation of war. Set in a small French town during World War I, the novel reveals how acts of care and selflessness can restore meaning to lives fractured by personal grief and historical violence. The central figure embodies physical weakness but emotional strength, reflecting a tension between vulnerability and resolve. Through understated yet consistent gestures of kindness, the story examines how the human spirit responds to loss and upheaval not through grand declarations but through persistent devotion to others. The narrative avoids dramatization, instead focusing on subtleties of human connection - moments of silence, shared presence, and generosity unmarked by recognition. It also presents aging and memory as sources of both pain and wisdom, where the past remains a quiet force shaping the present. Ultimately, the novel invites reflection on how love and service endure even as the world collapses, offering a meditation on resilience shaped not by force but by empathy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 201g
• ISBN-13: 9789373400747
• ISBN-10: 9373400746
• Artikelnr.: 76072976

Autorenporträt

John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist who lived from 14 August 1867 to 31 January 1933. His novels, The Forsyte Saga, and two more trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter, are his best-known works. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Galsworthy, who came from a wealthy upper-middle-class family, was expected to become a lawyer, but he found the profession unappealing, so he resorted to literature. Before his first book, The Man of Property, about the Forsyte family, was released in 1897. His debut play, The Silver Box, had its London premiere the same year. As a writer, he gained notoriety for his socially conscious plays that addressed issues such as the politics and morality of war, the persecution of women, the use of solitary confinement in prisons, the battle of workers against exploitation, and jingoism. The patriarch, Old Jolyon, is based on Galsworthy's father, and the Forsyte family in the collection of books and short tales known as The Forsyte Chronicles is comparable to Galsworthy's family in many aspects.