IN CONVERSATION WITH Sebastian FAULKS
Aug 26, 2021
4 minutes
One of our finest writers, Sebastian Faulks CBE is perhaps best-known for Birdsong, now a classic of modern English literature. In his latest book, Snow Country, we journey to Austria, where Anton, a young journalist, and Lena, born with nothing but a strength of character, fatefully cross paths at a sanatorium. Fans will recognise the setting from his much-loved book Human Traces.
Sebastian lives in west London with his bookseller wife, Veronica. They have three children and a blue whippet called Hector. Sebastian’s last book was dedicated to Hector, who is his best friend.
‘In failure, you’ve moved things along a bit’
I’d stayed there quite
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