Miss Webster and Chérif
(Sprache: Englisch)
A clever, entertaining novel about the friendship between an old woman and a beautiful young man by one of Britain's finest novelists
A clever, entertaining novel about the friendship between an old woman and a beautiful young man by one of Britain's finest novelists
A clever, entertaining novel about the friendship between an old woman and a beautiful young man by one of Britain's finest novelists
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A clever, entertaining novel about the friendship between an old woman and a beautiful young man by one of Britain's finest novelists
A clever, entertaining novel about the friendship between an old woman and a beautiful young man by one of Britain's finest novelists
A clever, entertaining novel about the friendship between an old woman and a beautiful young man by one of Britain's finest novelists
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Elizabeth Webster is a cantankerous spinster pushing 70. Forced out of her old school teaching job, she unleashes her sharp tongue and dogmatic opinions on everyone in the English village of Little Blessington.Then one cold spring night, sitting on the sofa alone, she grinds to a dead halt. To recover from this mysterious, near-fatal illness her doctor sends her on a journey to a North African country where she ventures into the desert and has a brush with terrorism. But Miss Webster no longer cares about anything, least of all Islamic politics and suicide bombers.
Three weeks after her return there is a ring on her doorbell. Standing there in the gusty darkness is a young Arab man of astonishing beauty. Worryingly, he is carrying a large suitcase. But who is Cherif? Why is he there and what does he want?
Entertaining, intelligent, provocative, Patricia Duncker's new novel is a comedy of errors set in the aftermath of 9/11, in a darkening world moving towards war. This engaging tale about friendship, trust and liberation is full of reversals and surprises, tenderness and humour.
Autoren-Porträt von Patricia Duncker
Duncker, PatriciaPatricia Duncker is the author of five previous novels: Hallucinating Foucault (winner of the Dillons First Fiction Award and the McKitterick Prize in 1996), The Deadly Space Between, James Miranda Barry, Miss Webster and Chérif (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2007) and The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge (shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger award for Best Crime Novel of the Year in 2010). She has written two books of short fiction, Monsieur Shoushana's Lemon Trees (shortlisted for the Macmillan Silver Pen Award in 1997) and Seven Tales of Sex and Death, and a collection of essays, Writing on the Wall. Patricia Duncker is Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Manchester.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Patricia Duncker
- 2006, 256 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 0747582777
- ISBN-13: 9780747582779
Sprache:
Englisch
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