Péter Gárdos

Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving." (Jennifer Clement, author of award-winning novel PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN). "A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy." (Joan London, author of GILGAMESH, THE GOOD PARENTS and THE GOLDEN AGE). The No.1 European Bestseller. In an over-crowded hospital ward in the sweltering summer of July 1945, Miklos is propped up against a pillow. He is writing a letter of hope. It doesn't matter that Miklos is bruised and battered, that his skin shares the same colour as a greying pile of ash, or that the doctor told him "You have six months to live". Because, now, for the first time since the war, he feels truly alive. Miklos is thinking of things far more important than his health. He is thinking that he would like to find a wife...

"Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving." (Jennifer Clement, author of award-winning novel PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN). "A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy." (Joan London, author of GILGAMESH, THE GOOD PARENTS and THE GOLDEN AGE). It's 1945, and Miklos is looking for love...He whistles up a list of 117 Hungarian women from his village, and in his beautiful handwriting, he writes to each of them. But what's the catch? Miklos has just emerged from Belsen, and is recovering in a refugee camp in Sweden. He is so weak that he has only six months to live. But Miklos is not going to allow a small thing like that stand in the way of love...Spoiler Alert: FEVER AT DAWN is inspired by the true story of the author's parents, which may give you an idea of how Miklos' plan unfolds...

La novela romántica del nuevo siglo es una historia real.Un Romeo y Julieta después del Holocausto.«En este inolvidable libro el Holocausto es tan solo el telón de fondo de la más insólita de las his

La novela romántica del nuevo siglo es una historia real.Un Romeo y Julieta después del Holocausto. «En este inolvidable libro el Holocausto es tan solo el telón de fondo de la más insólita de las hi

La novel·la de la fira de Londres 2015: venuda a 30 llengües en una setmana! Una història real d’amor i de supervivència.Potser no us creureu aquesta història, però és totalment certa. Juliol de 1945