Shortlisted for the 2011 Women's Prize for Fiction
In New York a woman spends the night with a young Chilean poet before he departs, leaving her at his desk. Later, he is arrested by Pinochet’s secret police. In north London, a man caring for his dying wife discovers a lock of hair that unravels a terrible secret… In Jerusalem, an antiques dealer reassembles his father’s study plundered by Nazis. One item remains missing…
Spanning continents and decades, weaving an intricate web of its characters’ lives, Great House tells a soaring story of love, loss and survival against the odds.
