The illusion of separateness
By: Simon Van Booy
Publisher: Oneworld
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781780743943; 9781780743257
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Description: Centering around one simple act of courage on the battlefield in the heart of France during World War Two, the implications of which reverberate through the future generations of two very different men. In this story, inspired by true events, characters discover that at their darkest moments they are not alone, and that every human being is a link in a chain we cannot see. The same world moves beneath each of them, so that one by one, through seemingly random acts of selflessness and mercy, a veil is lifted to reveal the vital parts they have played in each others lives, and the illusion of their separateness.