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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
Klappentext zu „Miss Webster and Chérif “
Elizabeth Webster is a spinster pushing seventy. Forced out of her teaching job, she unleashes her sharp tongue and dogmatic opinions on everyone in the English village of Little Blessington. Then, one night, she grinds to a dead halt. To recover from this illness, she travels to North Africa where she has a brush with terrorism - not that she cares about politics. Three weeks after Miss Webster has returned home her doorbell rings. There stands a beautiful young Arab man carrying a large suitcase. Who is he, why is he there and what does he want?
Autoren-Porträt von Patricia Duncker
Patricia 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
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Autor:
Patricia Duncker
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2007, New ed, 256 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 0747585903
- ISBN-13: 9780747585909
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2007
Rezension zu „Miss Webster and Chérif “
'This is a sparkling, redemptive novel which I read in one go and then again with relish' Independent 'Bittersweet, compelling and moving' Sheila Hancock 'An enchanting novel, filled with all Dunker's trademark wit and intelligence' Daily Mail 'A story of real charm and compassion. It is, in short, the kind of novel you want to give all your friends - the elderly, to show them all is not lost, and the young, who have everything to gain' Telegraph
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'This is a sparkling, redemptive novel which I read in one go and then again with relish' Independent
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