‘A compelling, wonderfully observed study of families and the histories from which they evolve … a strikingly resonant and emotive novel’ TIME OUT
‘Serene echoes of Ian McEwan’s SATURDAY’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Mesmerizing … a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean … Trespass revels in truth’ WASHINGTON POST
Toby and Salome are a young, modern couple living in New York, but their backgrounds are world apart. He is a middle-class all-American boy from a family of academics; she is a Croatian refugee raised in New Orleans.
When Salome unexpectedly becomes pregnant, they decide to spend their lives together and hastily marry. But finding a way to reconcile their families and pasts proves a difficult task. Toby’s mother’s deep-seated mistrust of Salome causes tension, leaving her unable to accept her new daughter-in-law. But Salome’ s past, full of dangerous secrets, is more horrifying than any of them could imagine – and the violence that destroyed her homeland is far from over…
‘Serene echoes of Ian McEwan’s SATURDAY’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Mesmerizing … a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean … Trespass revels in truth’ WASHINGTON POST
Toby and Salome are a young, modern couple living in New York, but their backgrounds are world apart. He is a middle-class all-American boy from a family of academics; she is a Croatian refugee raised in New Orleans.
When Salome unexpectedly becomes pregnant, they decide to spend their lives together and hastily marry. But finding a way to reconcile their families and pasts proves a difficult task. Toby’s mother’s deep-seated mistrust of Salome causes tension, leaving her unable to accept her new daughter-in-law. But Salome’ s past, full of dangerous secrets, is more horrifying than any of them could imagine – and the violence that destroyed her homeland is far from over…
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Reviews
This lucid, beautifully written novel explores ideas of territory and ownership to great effect
This clever, complex and emotionally rich novel is written in simple but dense prose that is always readable
Strung with measured menace
A wickedly diverting novel about the storm-driven erosion of Fortress America
A powerful, unsettling novel that lingers long in the memory
Mesmerizing ... a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean ... Trespass revels in truth
An absorbing, if at times unsettling, look at the way violence can creep unannounced into your life at any time
TRESPASS is exquisitely balanced between a family story and a novel of ideas.
Resonant and rewarding
TRESPASS is a beautifully constructed, richly textured and elegantly written novel
Valerie Martin writes beautifully and this novel is often moving and heartfelt
Brilliant and seductive
A masterly tale of transgression, acceptance, diplomacy, war, class conflict, love, forgiveness and jealousy ... the journey is provocative and exhilarating
A compelling, wonderfully observed study of families and the histories from which they evolve ... a strikingly resonant and emotive novel
Valerie Martin elegantly combines the menace of physical, emotional and ethical trespass in this penetrating novel, whose serene echoes of Ian McEwan's SATURDAY are punctured by visceral dispatches from the Balkans war
Among the recent novels that tackle contemporary events, TRESPASS is one of the best. The novel's gradual, teasing revelations will make you want to read it in one sitting