Originally published on curled up with a good book. Jan 27, 2012 as with her coauthored play guantanamo and ice road, her novel about the siege of leningrad, an honourable man is a fiction populated by real people. Abstract ice road is a novel of nineteenth century proportions by prolific british author gillian \ud slovo. An honourable man, by gillian slovo the globe and mail. Ruth first, the journalist and political activist assassinated in exile in 1982, and joe slovo, south african communist party head and eventual minister of housing in the government headed by his old friend nelson mandela. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience.
Author of every secret thing, the ice road, red dust, every secret thing, catnap, ties of blood, morbid symptoms, black orchids gillian slovo open library donate. Gillian slovo events manchester literature festival. There is also a deep feel for nature in the book for the cold, the ice. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. When the ship is trapped in the ice, slowly squeezed between the massive floes, irina remains stoic and dutiful. Tv tiein by slovo, gillian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In slovos book, the event is a turningpoint in irinas life.
Her novel ice road was shortlisted for the orange prize, and red dust, which won the rfi temoin. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the general. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ice road. For one thing, she has used her time at sea to learn to read. Her novel, red dust, was made into a film starring hilary swank and chiwetel ejiofor. Click download or read now button to sign up and download read because of anya books. Mar 12, 2004 ice road by gillian slovo 560pp, little, brown. Her novel red dust won the rfi temoin du monde prize and was made into a feature film, and ice road was shortlisted for the orange prize. The ice road by gillian slovo book cover, description, publication history.
Festival blogger kate woodward headed to international anthony burgess foundation to learn about the author of acclaimed books including the orangeshortlisted ice road, gillian slovo, and her latest novel, ten days. The author perfectly captures irinas sense of isolation, the eerie crackling of the ice pressing against the ship and the helplessness of their predicament in this indifferent world. The ice road by gillian slovo paperback, 2004 for sale. See all books authored by gillian slovo, including ice road, and red dust, and more on. Nov 06, 2008 born in south africa, gillian slovo has written nine novels, one of which, red dust has been filmed with hilary swank and chiwetel ejiofor. About the book marielaure has been blind since the age of six. Gillian slovo is currently considered a single author. This is a beautifully composed, expertly structured and wonderfully evocative masterpiece gillian slovo.
Watch a bbc interview with gillian slovo about an honourable man. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Gillian slovo comes from a family of south african political heroes. Feb 21, 2004 ice road by gillian slovo little, brown. But when the nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. She deftly managed to weave together the compelling stories of a handful of people in st petersburg in the midst of the first wave of mass killings in stalinist russia in the 1930s. Since nelson mandelas release she has made frequent visits to south africa. It was shortlisted for the 2004 orange prize for fiction. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. Ten days by gillian slovo overdrive rakuten overdrive. This is a beautifully composed, expertly structured and wonderfully evocative masterpiece gillian slovo s greatest achievement to date. Ice road brilliantly depicts, from the emotional inside, the most politically disastrous assassination in russian history, the murder of kirov. A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native south africa, gillian slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. My family, my country by gillian slovo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The chelyuskin is on a scientific and patriotic mission through polar waters from the soviet unions west to its far east, but the forces of nature are too great, and the ship becomes ice bound. Gillian slovo opens her novel ice road 2004 with a chapter on the story of the chelyuskin expedition in the early 1930s, an attempt by the soviet union to open up a oneseason navigation from european north to the far east via the arctic. For she is the daughter of joe slovo and ruth first, south africas pioneering antiapartheid white activists, a daughter who always had to come second to political commitment. Audible and cityread london get the capital reading and listening. With its broad canvas of russian history and large cast of characters, led by a\ud young. She has lived in london since 1964, when her family went into exile there from. Examine the life, times, and work of gillian slovo through detailed author. She deftly managed to weave together the compelling stories of a handful of people in st petersburg in the midst of the first wave of. Born in south africa but based in london, gillian is a playwright and the author of acclaimed books including the orangeshortlisted ice road and courtroom drama red dust, now a film starring hilary swank and chiwetel ejiofor. Gillian slovo is the author of a family memoir, every secret thing, and nine novels, the most recent of which is red dust.
Ice road by slovo, gillian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Gillian slovo irina davydovna, survivor of the ice ship chelyuskin, which sank in the arctic circle, is back in her beloved home city of leningrad. Gillian slovo irina comes to understand how love for another may, in the end, be more powerful and more profound than blind loyalty to an idea. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gillian slovo books online. Other novels in the series include death by analysis 1986, death comes. Feb 24, 2005 ice road brilliantly depicts, from the emotional inside, the most politically disastrous assassination in russian history, the murder of kirov. South african born gillian slovo is the author of twelve novels and a family memoir. Gillian slovo father joe slovo, mother ruth first was educated in britain where she has spent all her adult life. Gillian slovo has published thirteen novels including her orange prize shortlisted ice road and her latest, ten days and a family memoir, every secret thing. Gillian slovo opens her novel ice road 2004 with a chapter on the story of the chelyuskin expedition in the early 1930s, an attempt by the soviet union to open up a oneseason. Another world by gillian slovo overdrive rakuten overdrive. No, not that boris and natasha, but a pair equally in thrall to a shadowy leader, and without the laughter in this epic tale, sprawling in scope and ambition but with a smallish dramatis personaea cleaning lady, a few party functionaries and bureaucrats, an american fellow traveler, a young woman who resembles pasternaks sad laraslovo red dust.
Ice road by gillian slovo, 9781844080595, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Gillian slovo books list of books by author gillian slovo. Ice road, gillian slovos novel of stalins purges, gives a voice to the dead and the dispossessed, says linda grant. Novelist gillian slovo was born in 1952 in south africa, the daughter of joe slovo. You feel the grey and white of the winter and its hardships the description of the ship the chelyuskin trapped in the ice. Slovo in 2004 published a highly regarded historical epic, ice road, set in the. It was shortlisted for the orange prize for fiction. Ice road is a novel written by south africanborn gillian slovo. Set against the background of the siege of leningrad, ice road is about individual lives caught up. Another world losing our children to islamic state by gillian slovo. Gillian slovo born 15 march 1952, in johannesburg is a south african novelist, playwright and memoirist.
Set in lenigrad of the 1930s, ice road is a compelling and passionate story about ordinary people. Shortlisted for the orange prize and highly praised on hardback publication. Ice road was shortlisted for the orange prize and red dust was filmed with hilary swank and chiwetel ejiofor. Ice road by slovo gillian abebooks shop for books, art. Audible in the gallery at foyles, charing cross road, a gallery curated and managed by.
Chiwetel ejiofor, and the orange prizeshortlisted ice road. She has lived in london since 1964, when her family went into exile there from south africa. Her first play, guantanamo, played in londons west end and offbroadway in new york. Publication date 2005 topics world war, 19391945 russia federation. May 02, 2005 shortlisted for the orange prize and highly praised on hardback publication. There is nothing its crew can do but wait for help. Her clare hart novels a literary crime fiction series that explores violence and its effects in south. A gripping story of courage, disillusionment, survival, and the triumph of the human.
Explore books by gillian slovo with our selection at. An honourable man, by gillian slovo the independent. Gillian slovo has published thirteen novels including her orange prize shortlisted ice road and her latest, ten. Set in leningrad in the 1930s, the story about power in stalinist russia is. Days by gillian slovo canongate released on 3 march in print and audio. Gillian slovo is a playwright and the author of thirteen books, including five crime novels, the courtroom drama red dust, which was made into a feature film starring hilary swank and chiwetel ejiofor, and the orange prizeshortlisted ice road. It starts slowly, as the characters and story are set up. Im a wimp when it comes to grim news and prefer real events to be sanitised through the medium of fiction. Born in south africa, gillian slovo has written ten novels.
A gripping story of courage, disillusionment, survival, and the triumph of the human spirit. The book, then, covers everything from progressive ideas to purging and the. This moving novel offers a relatable portrait of life under stalins rule in the 1930s. The chelyuskin is on a scientific and patriotic mission through polar waters from the soviet unions west to its far east, but the forces of nature are too great, and the ship becomes ice. She is the daughter of south africas most prominent white antiapartheid leaders. Gillian slovo is a south african writer, author of thirteen novels and a family memoir. Previous judges the caine prize for african writing.
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