The late 1940s and the volcanic dislocations in the aftermath of World War IIserve as thesetting for this dramatic exploration of postwar British life. The chance encounter of afastidious Oxford don and a solitary German prisonerbefore a painting in the Ashmolean museum precipitates a mingling of the twoantagonistic cultures and result in a tumultuous tangle of friendship, suspicion, desire, and yearning. The depiction of the grim circumstancesof the German laborersand of thetension between theBritish impulse toward compassionand the desire for reparations are etched with memorable sharpness. This drama oflingering antagonisms, nascent reconciliation, and obsessive love demonstratesthe considerablegiftsof a master storyteller and keen observations of the human condition.
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