![]() ![]() So this man gets fired for an act of courage for which he should have received a medal. However he is fired for falsifying dates on forms so that Jewish people who were escaping Austria in 1938 could stay in Switzerland. At the center of this story is the father Erich Perle who is a policeman. ‘The Gustav Sonata’ is another fine example of Rose Tremain’s work. She is also quite unpredictable as to what she will write about next, so her novels come across as new and exciting. She can deal with complex moral situations and capture the poignancy of the lives of people dealing with them. ![]() Her writing is perceptive, empathetic, methodical, unsentimental, and precise, and yet she can also be light-hearted and even humorous. Why have I been drawn to Tremain’s fiction? Her writing has the qualities that I much appreciate in a fiction writer. I even seem to recall that she used the pen name Rosemary Tremain early in her career. First I read ‘Restoration’ and ‘Sacred Country’, then went back and read two of her earlier works ‘Sadler’s Birthday’ and ‘The Swimming-Pool Season’, and I have continued to read her novels and stories up to today. I have been a devotee of Rose Tremain’s fiction for over twenty-five years. ‘The Gustav Sonata’ by Rose Tremain (2016) – 240 pages ![]()
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