Still Life (Winman novel)
2021 novel by Sarah Winman
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Still Life is a 2021 novel by Sarah Winman, set in London, England and Florence, Italy.
It was a Sunday Times bestseller, BBC "Between the Covers" pick and a BBC Radio 4 "Book at Bedtime" selection.[1]
Winman won the £10,000 inaugural InWords Literary Award, given to 'a novel published in English or a writer's body of work'.[1]
Themes include art history, the ongoing impact of World War II, chosen families and the 1966 flood of the River Arno in Florence.
References to other works
Characters quote from Baedeker's Guide to Florence. E. M. Forster's 1908 novel, A Room with a View.[2] Forster appears as a character in the book.
Artworks discussed include The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo).[3]