| Season in Purgatory Contributor(s): Keneally, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156798506 ISBN-13: 9780156798501 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1985 Annotation: During World War II, David Pelham, a young British surgeon, parachutes into Yugoslavia and sets up a hospital to aid Tito's army. There he meets-and loves-the fiery Moja Javich, a resourceful partisan. Their love gives Pelham the strength to endure the atrocities of war as he seeks to avoid capture. Keneally has vigorously fleshed out "a bloody good novel" (Washington Post). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Romance - Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 76024458 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.36" W x 7.97" (0.50 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Balkan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During World War II, David Pelham, a young British surgeon, parachutes into Yugoslavia and sets up a hospital to aid Tito's army. There he meets--and loves--the fiery Moja Javich, a resourceful partisan. Their love gives Pelham the strength to endure the atrocities of war as he seeks to avoid capture. Keneally has vigorously fleshed out "a bloody good novel" (Washington Post). |
Contributor Bio(s): Keneally, Thomas: - Thomas Keneally is renowned as the author of Schindler's List, which was awarded the Booker Prize and made into an Academy Award-winning film by Steven Spielberg. He is author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction and is one of Australia's leading literary figures. He lives in Sydney. |