LDDT00-14 Louis de Bernieres - The Dust That Falls from Dreams.nfo
General Information
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Title: The Dust That Falls from Dreams: A Novel
Author: Louis de Bernieres
Read By: Avita Jay, David Sibley
Copyright: 2015
Audiobook Copyright: 2015
Genre: Fiction - Historical
Publisher: Random House Audio
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Original CD lengths
Source: Overdrive MP3
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Number of MP3s: 14
Total Duration: 17:27:06
Total MP3 Size: 479.74
Parity Archive: No
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Noise Reduction: None
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Book Description
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Audible Editor Reviews
"A very complex and moving evocation of the war." (Alex Clark, The Guardian)
Publisher's Summary
From the acclaimed author of Corelli's Mandolin, here is a sumptuous,
sweeping, powerfully moving new novel about a British family whose lives
and loves are indelibly shaped by the horrors of World War I and the
hopes for its aftermath.
In the brief, golden years of the Edwardian era, the McCosh sisters
- Christabel, Ottilie, Rosie, and Sophie - grow up in an idyllic household
in the countryside south of London. On one side their neighbors are
the proper Pendennis family, recently arrived from Baltimore, whose
close-in-age boys - Sidney, Albert, and Ashbridge - shake their father's
hand at breakfast and address him as "sir". On the other side is the
Pitt family: a "resolutely French" mother, a former navy captain father,
and two brothers, Archie and Daniel, who are clearly "going to grow
up into a pair of daredevils and adventurers". In childhood this band
is inseparable, but the days of careless camaraderie are brought to
an abrupt halt by the outbreak of The Great War, in which everyone will
play a part.
All three Pendennis brothers fight in the hellish trenches at the front;
Daniel Pitt becomes an ace fighter pilot with his daredevil tendencies
intact; Rosie and Ottilie McCosh volunteer in the hospitals, where women
serve with as much passion and nearly as much hardship as the men at
the front; Christabel McCosh becomes one of the squad of photographers
sending "snaps" of their loved ones at home to the soldiers; and Sophie
McCosh drives for the RAF in France. In the aftermath of the war, as
"the universal joy and relief were beginning to be tempered by...an
atmosphere of uncertainty", everyone must contend with the modern world
that is slowly emerging from the ashes of the old.
A wholly immersive novel about a particular time and place, The Dust
That Falls from Dreams also illuminates the timeless ways in which men
and women carry profound loss alongside indelible hope.
What the Critics Say
"The Dust that Falls from Dreams will no doubt be a hit with millions
of fans worldwide.... De Bernieres is adept at describing how lives
can be devastated in minutes." (Leyla Sanai, The Independent)
"A sweeping historical epic of love and war, one that matches Birds
Without Wings and his career-high best seller Corelli's Mandolin for
sheer breadth, storytelling, and emotional intensity." (Malcolm Forbes,
The National)
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