Sign-In
Cart
Tatterdemalion
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.99
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 9373400746
ISBN13: 9789373400747
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Aug 1 2025
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789373400747
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Aug 1 2025
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Tatterdemalion explores the quiet dignity of endurance and the healing force of compassion amid the devastation of war. Set in a small French town during World War I, the novel reveals how acts of care and selflessness can restore meaning to lives fractured by personal grief and historical violence. The central figure embodies physical weakness but emotional strength, reflecting a tension between vulnerability and resolve. Through understated yet consistent gestures of kindness, the story examines how the human spirit responds to loss and upheaval not through grand declarations but through persistent devotion to others. The narrative avoids dramatization, instead focusing on subtleties of human connection - moments of silence, shared presence, and generosity unmarked by recognition. It also presents aging and memory as sources of both pain and wisdom, where the past remains a quiet force shaping the present. Ultimately, the novel invites reflection on how love and service endure even as the world collapses, offering a meditation on resilience shaped not by force but by empathy.
9 different editions
Also available
Also from
Galsworthy, John
The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property, Indian Summer of a Forsyte, in Chancery, Awakening, to Let
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$24.60
In chancery (1920). By: John Galsworthy: In Chancery is the second novel of the Forsyte Saga trilogy by John Galsworthy.
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$13.34
John Galsworthy - One More River: The Third Book of the Third Trilogy (End of the Chapter)
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.89
John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Sage - Indian Summer of a Forsyte & In Chancery: "Public opinion is always in advance of the law."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.89
John Galsworthy - The White Monkey: The First Book of the Second Trilogy (A Modern Comedy)
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.29
John Galsworthy - Flowering Wilderness: The Second Book of the Third Trilogy (End of the Chapter)
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.89
John Galsworthy - On Forsyte 'Change: "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - Swan Song: The Third Book of the Second Trilogy (A Modern Comedy)
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.89
John Galsworthy's Villa Rubein: "Love has no age, no limit; and no death."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$11.09
The Burning Spear Being the Experiences of Mr. John Lavender in the Time of War
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.19
Plays in The First Series; The Silver Box, Joy: A Play on the Letter I, Strife: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$83.88
Plays in The First Series; The Silver Box, Joy: A Play on the Letter "I", Strife: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$107.88
Plays in The Second Series; The Eldest Son, The Little Dream, Justice: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$71.88
Plays in The Second Series; The Eldest Son, The Little Dream, Justice: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$95.88
Plays in The Тhird Series; The Fugitive, The Pigeon, The Mob: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$71.88
Plays in The Тhird Series; The Fugitive, The Pigeon, The Mob: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$95.88
Plays in The Fourth Series; A Bit O' Love, The Foundations, The Skin Game: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$83.88
Plays in The Fourth Series; A Bit O' Love, The Foundations, The Skin Game: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$107.88
Plays in The Fifth Series; A Family Man, Loyalties, Windows: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$83.88
Plays in The Fifth Series; A Family Man, Loyalties, Windows: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$107.88
Plays in The Sixth Series; The First and The Last, The Little Man, Hall-marked, Defeat, The Sun, Punch and Go: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$59.88
Plays in The Sixth Series; The First and The Last, The Little Man, Hall-marked, Defeat, The Sun, Punch and Go: in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$83.88
The Forsyte Saga - Indian Summer of a Forsyte and In Chancery: Volume II - in large print
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$95.88
The Forsyte Saga - Indian Summer of a Forsyte and In Chancery: Volume II - in large print
Galsworthy, John
Hardcover
$119.88
John Galsworthy - Saint's Progress: "A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$14.09
John Galsworthy's Stories For My Family: "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
The Poetry of John Galsworthy: "A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - The Little Dream: "One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - Loyalties: "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
The man of property, a romantic novel By: John Galsworthy: Novel (World's classic's)
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$14.24
John Galsworthy - Studies And Essays: "the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - Maid In Waiting: The First Book of the Third Trilogy (End of the Chapter)
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$15.89
John Galsworthy - Strife: "Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - The Skin Game: "A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else."
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - The Patrician: "Love has no age, no limit; and no death"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.30
John Galsworthy - Another Sheaf: Take another main feature of the national character, the Briton is ironic
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - The Burning Spear: "Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
John Galsworthy - The Dark Flower: "If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one"
Galsworthy, John
Paperback
$12.29
Also in
Mystery & Thriller
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
$10.99
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-In Edition): Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy
Larsson, Stieg
Paperback
$9.99
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
$9.99
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover
$28.80
Big Little Truths: Reese's Book Club: A Novel: The Sequel to Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane
Hardcover
$30.60
The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World
Cahn, Jonathan
Hardcover
$28.49