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Es 1914 y Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood y sus compañeros de clase, a salvo en un idílico internado de la campiña inglesa, perciben la guerra como algo lejano. Tienen diecisiete años, por lo que son demasiado jóvenes para alistarse y, además, Gaunt está ocupado librando su propia batalla: está perdidamente enamorado de su mejor amigo, el encantador y elegante Ellwood, y no tiene ni idea de que Ellwood siente lo mismo por él.Cuando la madre alemana de Gaunt le pide que se aliste en el ejército británico para proteger a la familia de los ataques antigermánicos, el joven obedece de inmediato, aliviado de poder escapar de sus abrumadores sentimientos hacia Ellwood.El frente es horrible, como era de esperar, y, aunque Gaunt intenta disuadir a Ellwood de que lo siga al campo de batalla, él no tarda en aparecer por allí. Ya en las trincheras, ambos encuentran momentos fugaces de consuelo juntos.In Memoriam es una historia épica sobre las tragedias devastadoras de la guerra y el amor prohibido que florece en sus garras. Un debut sobrecogedor.«Una historia de amor desgarradora entre dos jóvenes que pasan de la protección idílica de su colegio privado a los horrores indescriptibles del frente occidental». -MAGGIE O'FARRELL
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Quan un amor prohibit lluita per florir enmig d'una guerra devastadora.És 1914 i Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood i els seus companys de classe, a resguard en un idíl·lic internat de la campinya anglesa, perceben la guerra com alguna cosa llunyana. Quan la mare alemanya de Gaunt li demana que s'incorpori a l'exèrcit britànic per protegir la família dels atacs anti germànics, el jove obeeix immediatament. El front és horrible, com era d'esperar, i tot i que Gaunt intenta dissuadir l’Ellwood que el segueixi al camp de batalla, ell no triga a aparèixer i aviat també ho fan els seus companys de classe. Ja a les trinxeres, tots dos troben moments fugaços de consol mentre la mort els envolta en tota la seva tràgica realitat, sovint a escasses polzades de distància, sense saber qui serà el següent.
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“In Memoriam is the story of a great tragedy, but it is also a moving portrait of young love, and there is often a lightness to the book.”—The New York TimesIt’s 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front 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. News of the heroic deaths of their friends only makes the war more exciting.Gaunt, half German, is busy fighting his own private battle--an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the glamorous, charming Ellwood--without a clue that Ellwood is pining for him in return. When Gaunt's family asks him to enlist to forestall the anti-German sentiment they face, Gaunt does so immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. To Gaunt's horror, Ellwood rushes to join him at the front, and the rest of their classmates soon follow. Now death surrounds them in all its grim reality, often inches away, and no one knows who will 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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WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2023It was only because Gaunt knew he might die, that he could be so reckless as to kiss him.'Assured, affecting and moving. Alice Winn has written a devastating love story between two young men on the Western Front' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HAMNET_____________________In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him, always has been.When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him into the horrors of trenches. Though Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, their friends are dying in front of them, and at any moment they could be next.An epic tale of the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, March 2023.
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