"A God in Ruins," by Kate Atkinson, tells the story of an Englishman who imagines what his future would have been like had he lived through World War II. The narrative is told through his backstory, along with the accounts of his wife, daughter, and grandchildren. The novel shares the lasting impact a global war has on an individual and his legacy.
Kate Atkinson gained sudden prominence as an important contemporary British novelist when her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 199...
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