E-Book, Englisch, 363 Seiten
Bedford Jigsaw
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-906011-74-1
Verlag: Eland Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
An Unsentimental Education
E-Book, Englisch, 363 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-906011-74-1
Verlag: Eland Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
This intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German château for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. Sent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education - intellectual, emotional and sexual - continues among the vibrant community of artists, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.