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Fever at Dawn
- Author
- Peter Gardos
- Narrator
- Arthur Morey
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 7 April 2016
- Run Time
- 6 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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An uplifting true story of finding love after the horrors of war. For fans of THE TATTOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
It's 1945, and Miklos is looking for love...
He whistles up a list if 117 Hungarian women from his village, and in his beautiful handwriting, he writes to each of them.
But what's the catch?
Miklos has just emerged from Belsen, and is recovering in a refugee camp in Sweden. He is so weak that he has only six months to live.
But Miklos is not going to allow a small thing like that stand in the way of love...
Spoiler Alert: FEVER AT DAWN is inspired by the true story of the author's parents, which may give you an idea of how Miklos' plan unfolds...
'Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving.' Jennifer Clement, author of award-winning novel PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN
'A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy.' Joan London, author of GILGAMESH
© Peter Gardos 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016
Critics Review
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An incredible gem of a novel, based on a true story. I loved it.
LAURA BARNETT, bestselling author of The Versions of Us
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A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy.
Joan London, author of GILGAMESH, THE GOOD PARENTS and THE GOLDEN AGE
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Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving.
Jennifer Clement, author of award-winning novel PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN
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Powerful
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A riveting and high-spirited journey from the brink of death toward life...With courage, humor, and unfailing emotional honesty, Peter Gardos illuminates the incredible power of the human will.
Julie Orringer
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The impossibly moving story of two damaged youths who forge from their amour fou a love that will light the decades ahead. With playfulness and charm, with iron conviction, Fever at Dawn will convince you that it’s possible not only to survive the worst of human hell, but to transcend it.
Francisco Goldman, author of SAY HER NAME
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Books don’t make me cry. Fever At Dawn did. Drawing you in with pathos and playful wit, it squeezes the heart with sorrow and leaves it expanded with joy and love.
Gabor Maté M.D., author of IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS
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Poignant, uplifting, tender, affectionate
Daily Express
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Tenderly uplifting
Good Housekeeping
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Absorbing . . . a touching account of a strange courtship
The Sydney Morning Herald
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Details
- Author
- Peter Gardos
- Narrator
- Arthur Morey
- Duration
- 6 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 April 2016
- ISBN
- 9781473541818
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Fiction in translation, Historical romance, Second World War fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.An uplifting true story of finding love after the horrors of war. For fans of THE TATTOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMASIt's 1945, and Miklos is looking for love...He whistles up a list if 117 Hungarian women from his village, and in his beautiful handwriting, he writes to each of them.But what's the catch?Miklos has just emerged from Belsen, and is recovering in a refugee camp in Sweden. He is so weak that he has only six months to live.But Miklos is not going to allow a small thing like that stand in the way of love...Spoiler Alert: FEVER AT DAWN is inspired by the true story of the author's parents, which may give you an idea of how Miklos' plan unfolds...'Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving.' Jennifer Clement, author of award-winning novel PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN'A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy.' Joan London, author of GILGAMESH© Peter Gardos 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016
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