Still Life is one of the biggest selling novels of recent times, praised the world over for its joyous portrayal of love, art, adventure and family set in Tuscany, Florence and London in the 1940s. Join us for a one-night-only experience with Sarah Winman and delve into how she created such a breathtaking world, and one that has given relief and pleasure to so many readers. Winman’s other bestselling books include When God Was a Rabbit and Tin Man. Sarah will be in conversation with Maggie Tweedie.

Presented in partnership with Harper Collins NZ.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

‘Sheer joy' Graham Norton

‘Utterly beautiful … filled with hope’ Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie

‘A bear-hug of a book’ Rachel Joyce, author of Miss Benson’s Beetle

1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening.

Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view.

Evelyn’s talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses’ mind that will shape the trajectory of his life – and of those who love him – for the next four decades.

Moving from the Tuscan Hills and piazzas of Florence, to the smog of London’s East End, Still Life is a sweeping, joyful novel about beauty, love, family and fate.

‘Four course nourishment for all Winman fans’ Patrick Gale, author of Take Nothing With You

‘Extraordinary . . . my book of the year’ Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties

‘The kind of story that bolsters the heart and soul’ Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers