The Game of Opposites
by Norman Lebrecht
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In an unnamed country at the end of a world war, Paul Miller escapes from a labor camp, collapsing after a few hundred feet. Taken in by a young woman he learns to love, Paul decides to stay where he is, and, as the war ends, he marries, starts a family, and helps to rebuild the village. But Paul is inescapably haunted by his life before the war, by his time in the camp, and by the fact that the people who are now his friends ignored for years the horrors in their midst. So when the camp's show more commander suddenly returns to the village, Paul finds himself forced to choose between vengeance and forgiveness. The Game of Opposites is a universal tale of good and evil, and a stunning evocation of the capability for both within us all. show lessTags
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Novelist Simon Mawer has chosen to discuss Norman Lebrecht’s The Game of Opposites, on FiveBooks (http://five-books.com) as one of the top five on his subject - Forgiveness, saying that:
“…It is the story of a man who gets out of the concentration camp right at the end of the war and is sheltered within a village. He has a very successful post-war life, becomes mayor of the village and the village becomes a prosperous town under his rule. .…”.
The full interview is available here: http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/simon-mawer
“…It is the story of a man who gets out of the concentration camp right at the end of the war and is sheltered within a village. He has a very successful post-war life, becomes mayor of the village and the village becomes a prosperous town under his rule. .…”.
The full interview is available here: http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/simon-mawer
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Norman Lebrecht is the author of nine books on music, including The Maestro Myth and The Companion to Twentieth-Century Music. He lives in London with his family. (Bowker Author Biography)
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