And you do it in this description of him, of Gustav, in a way that reads almost like a mission statement for the novel. You say it explicitly, actually, early on in the novel. MARTIN: Gustav has been forced to control his emotions to some degree. He's incredibly thoughtful, kind, generous, sort of self-controlled and all the things that we wish children to be. I think - well, I hope that the readers find him lovable. She has had a past which makes her unable to love this little boy. ROSE TREMAIN: It's the thing from which everything follows, this unrequited love that he has for this very neglectful mother. He adores his mother, but she is an angry, hostile woman and she does not return that love. Her latest tells the story of Gustav Perle, a little boy growing up in World War II-era Switzerland. She's written more than a dozen novels set in different eras and places. British novelist Rose Tremain has spent close to 40 years imagining the stories of other people.
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