{"product_id":"small-wars-9780061929892","title":"Small Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What \u003cem\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/em\u003e shows us, and quite masterfully, is on how many fronts war takes its toll. Love, trust and intimacy in marriage become casualties. But so does war itself--our belief in it, that it's right and just and necessary; that it solves anything...Told with strikingly clear and muscular prose...Jones's narration is powerfully restrained, with a great deal of subterranean tension.\" -- \u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on the colonial, war-torn island of Cyprus in 1956, Sadie Jones tells the story of a young solider, Hal Treherne, and the effects of this \"small war\" on him, his wife Clara, and their family. Hal is a dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. He is eager to lead his men into combat. Clara, however, is relieved when they are posted instead to seemingly peaceful sun-kissed Cyprus. But war erupts over unification with Greece, the island is consumed by violence--and Hal discovers that his military training cannot help him navigate the minefields of moral compromise that lie beneath every battle he fights. Clara grows fearful of her increasingly distant husband. When she needs him most, she finds the once-tender Hal a changed man--a betrayal that is only part of the shocking personal crisis to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of classic tales of love and war such as \u003cem\u003eThe English Patient \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAtonement\u003c\/em\u003e, Jones's gripping novel also calls to mind the master works of Virginia Woolf and their portrayal of the quiet desperation of a marriage in crisis. \u003cem\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a deeply emotional, meticulously researched work of historical fiction and a profound meditation on war-time atrocities committed both on and off the battlefield. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sadie Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061929892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Sadie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSadie Jones is the author of five novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Outcast\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Costa First Novel Award in Great Britain and a finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003eBook Prize\/Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; the enchanting, hard-hitting novel set on the island of Cyprus during the British occupation, \u003cem\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/em\u003e; her most successful, bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Uninvited Guests, \u003c\/em\u003ebeloved of Ann Patchett and Jackie Winspear, among other\u003cem\u003e; \u003c\/em\u003ethe romantic novel set in London's glamorous theatre world, \u003cem\u003eFallout;\u003c\/em\u003e and most recently, the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Snakes\u003c\/em\u003e. Sadie Jones lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921870930035,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d8e03a38-8e12-4363-806e-69ec112a7c4e.jpg?v=1647352706","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/small-wars-9780061929892","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}