Notwithstanding
Stories from an English Village
(Sprache: Englisch)
A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers.
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A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers.
Klappentext zu „Notwithstanding “
Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernières' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.
Autoren-Porträt von Louis De Bernières
Louis de Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are The Dust That Falls From Dreams, So Much Life Left Over and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children's book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Louis De Bernières
- 2010, 400 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 2,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Random House UK
- ISBN-10: 0099542021
- ISBN-13: 9780099542025
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.06.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Notwithstanding “
"A delightful collection...exquisitely told" -- Clare Colvin Daily Mail "Comic, benignly forgiving and shot through with threads of nostalgic regret" Independent "A timely examination of the charming and, at time, heart-wrenchingly sad aspects of English village life...testament to the rude health of the author's own imagination" -- Adam O'Riordan Financial Times "The creator of Captain Corelli is fond of an exotic setting and he has found one in his own backyard... The stories are sketches of lives that settle into the atmosphere of a place and make it unique" -- Kate Saunders The Times "In these stories de Bernieres casts a loveing eye on the world we have lost and invites you to share its intimacies" -- Allan Massie Scotsman
Pressezitat
A funny, astute and moving depiction of a charming vanished England Corrine Buxton BBC Countryfile
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