Resistance

by Owen Sheers

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Resistance is a beautifully written and powerful story set during an imagined occupation of Britain by Nazi Germany in World War II.

 

In a remote and rugged Welsh valley in 1944, in the wake of a German invasion, all the men have disappeared overnight, apparently to join the underground resistance. Their abandoned wives, a tiny group of farm women, are soon trapped in the valley by an unusually harsh winter—along with a handful of war-weary German soldiers on a secret mission. The need to survive drives the soldiers and the women into uneasy relationships that test both their personal and national loyalties. But when the snow finally melts, bringing them back into contact with the war that has been raging beyond their mountains, they must face the dramatic consequences of their choices.

  • ISBN10 0307385833
  • ISBN13 9780307385833
  • Publish Date 10 February 2009 (first published 7 June 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Anchor Books