Land of the Living

A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, and SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR, Land of the Living is a masterful meditation on trauma, beauty, home, and the limits of love. Charlie's experiences during the Second World War have left him with vivid memories and a chasm between him and his wife. This compelling novel questions the nature of survival and what the living owe the dead.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, and SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR, Land of the Living is a masterful meditation on trauma, beauty, home, and the limits of love. Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, the novel follows Charlie, a survivor of the Battle of Kohima and a lost wanderer in the remote jungles of Nagaland. Now settled on a farm in Norfolk and newly married to Claire, Charlie is one of the lucky survivors. However, a chasm exists between him and his family, as memories of his adventures in the Nagaland mountains haunt his mind. The novel explores the question of whether it is possible to forge a new life in the wake of unfathomable horror and questions the nature of survival and what the living owe the dead.

Weight: 176g
Dimension: 174 x 124 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781408896228