Peace Talks

A taut and luminous love story about peace, violence, and conflict negotiation; of the ceaseless mediation between loss and the human heart

Edvard Behrens is a senior diplomat of some repute, highly regarded for his work on international peace negotiations. Under his arbitration, unimaginable atrocities are coolly dissected; invisible and ancient lines, grown taut and frayed with conflict, redrawn.

In his latest post, Edvard has been sent a nondescript resort hotel in the Tyrol. High up on this mountain, the air is bright and clear. When he isn’t working, Edvard reads, walks, listens to music. He confides in no one – no one but his wife Anna. Anna, who he loves with all his heart; Anna, always present and yet forever absent.

Honest, honourable, tragic, witty, wise, an unforgettable novel of love, loss, and the human longing for peace, Peace Talks maps the darkest and most tender territories of the human heart.

PRAISE FOR THE HOUSE OF JOURNALISTS

''An ambitious, black-hued satire ... Lingers in the imagination' OLIVIA LAING, NEW STATESMAN

'Evocative and clever' NEW YORK TIMES

'Savagely funny' METRO