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EXCERPT: When Anton arrived the following day, he found that Delphine had set up a work table for him at the window overlooking the park. The clinic’s lofty ambitions have also been brought down to earth. The carnage of the first world war has destroyed the old certainties. What Martha calls “the great age of belief” in the medicine of the mind is over: Anton dismisses the early ambitions of the clinic as a “well-intentioned but fatal overreaching; or, if you were of a religious bent, a doomed attempt to see into the mind of God”. And yet, for all his scepticism, he finds comfort there. His wartime experiences have left him deeply scarred. The Schloss, he admits, holds out “possibilities for change”. The novel focuses on the effects of war, the political tensions in Austria and the rise of facism as well as the growth of psychoanalysis away from Freud’s theories to more compassionate and gentle treatments. Lena and Anton are both recipients of Martha’s wise counselling, freeing them to move on with their lives. It’s a literary novel with beautiful prose, particularly the description of the Schloss and it’s lake. I found the sections in the Schloss and the discussion of current psychotherapy interesting and very much liked Martha and her ideas. Overall, the novel is fairly slow moving, being mostly driven by the three main characters and their personal insecurities, loves and losses. While I enjoyed reading it, it didn’t affect me in the same way that Birdsong did, but maybe that’s too much to ask for. a b Tonkin, Boyd (28 August 2009). "Inside a city of dreams: Sebastian Faulks on money, morality and modern London". The Independent . Retrieved 20 March 2012.

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I did love the section devoted to the building of the Panama Canal. It was such a huge feat, built at the cost of so many lives, and I had never before considered the logistics of the task. Faulks made this very real for me. Interest in mental health. 1: 100 people hear voices; these are consistent figures regardless of nationality, climate, nutrition. A freak of evolution. Man has discovered consciousness- but at what price? This is unique to humans. Rudolf – an earnest young lawyer whose political views prove to be at odds with his country’s ruling party.Martha – who runs a sanatorium which was co-founded by her father (this having being detailed in the author’s earlier book Human Traces)

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Sebastian Faulk is a master storyteller and this is the perfect book to curl up with this Autumn. It is definitely one of my favourite books. Snow Countryis the second book in a planned trilogy. The first was Human Traces. It can be read as a standalone novel. Get your hands on a copy now. I will definitely be reading this again. Fox, Chloe (23 January 2012). "Ready for action: Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong on the BBC". The Telegraph . Retrieved 20 March 2012. There are few books that I earmark for a re-read but this, along with Birdsong, will be one of them. Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". theguardian.com. 7 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 August 2014.

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What was real was the smell of coffee from the kitchen next door, the sound of Delphine singing to herself as she tidied, her footsteps on the wooden floor. He went in, stood behind her and put his arms around her waist, then pressed himself against her. With SNOW COUNTRY, Sebastian Faulks reaffirms his place as one of the greatest novelists of our times. It is both learned and lyrical and confirms Mr Faulks’ role as the voice of the human heart. Anton – a roaming journalist who witnesses the building of the Suez Canal before experiencing the horror of war. In August 2014, Faulks was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. [15] I had read two of Sebastian Faulks’ novels before this, Birdsong and Enderby, one of which I liked and one of which I did not. Snow Country, set mainly in Austria before, (briefly) during and after the First World War, falls into the former category. I liked it.