Description
Book SynopsisDaniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels
The Piano Tuner,
A Far Country, and
The Winter Soldier. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and adapted for opera and theatre. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.
Trade ReviewPart mystery, part war story, part romance,
The Winter Soldier is a dream of a novel — impeccably researched and totally immersive -- Anthony Doerr, author of
All the Light We Cannot SeeOne of the finest prose stylists in American fiction * New York Times *
Utterly convincing and written with a lyricism that belies the horrors it so unflinchingly describes * Daily Mail *
Held me by the throat from the first lyrical page to the last -- Emma Donoghue
A powerful tale * Sunday Times *
Extraordinary -- Isabel Allende
A tour-de-force. I was immersed in the grandeur of Imperial Vienna and the frozen battlefields of the Eastern Front -- Abraham Verghese, author of
Cutting for StoneOne of the best books I've ever read -- Elizabeth Macneal, author of
The Doll FactorySo real, so rich and detailed, that the room in which I was reading vanished -- Andrew Sean Greer, author of
Less and
The Story of a MarriageCaptivating . . . A novel to get lost in * Herald *
A powerful tale of a medical student in the First World War * Sunday Times Culture *
A touching, intensely human story of longing and love -- Georgia Hunter, author of
We Were The Lucky Ones
