![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The authorities regard Erich’s compassionate actions as betrayal because they put the security of Switzerland at risk. Switzerland was neutral during the war, but under the very real threat of invasion by Germany they conceded to some demands including refusing entry to Jews. She is bitter about his dead father Erich, who held a senior position in the police department until it was discovered that he had been falsifying documents to allow Jewish refugees to stay in the country. Part One, (which corresponds to the exposition in sonata form) is set in a minor town in postwar Switzerland where we meet Gustav, a sober, rather prim little boy who lives with an unloving mother Emilie in reduced circumstances. In The Gustav Sonata she achieves it with an undemanding first section, which blossoms into something more complex as the novel progresses. Rose Tremain is one of those rare writers who can write literary fiction and yet be a bestseller. ![]()
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