Home Thoughts - Couverture souple

Parks, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006542492 ISBN 13 : 9780006542490

Editeur : Flamingo, 1988

Synopsis

Julia has left home. She has gone to Italy. She has left her lover, her job, her flat, the closely knit group of friends who meant so much to her. Why? And the motley group of ex-pats she finds in Verona, the Oxbridge brigade, the revolutionary Scot, the cool Canadian, the feminist Flossy - what are they doing here. Why do they find it so impossible to return home, as if their very identity has turned out to be such a trap? Centred around a love story full of twists, turns and revelations, "Home Thoughts" explores a world of lost directions, wavering commitments and misplaced ambitions as Julia's adventurous departure confronts her more mercilessly than ever with the problem of what on earth she is to do with her life. Tim Parks is the author of two prize winning novels, "Tongues of Flame" - winner of the Somerset Maugham and of the Betty Trask Award and "Loving Roger" - winner of the John Llewellyhn Rhys Memorial Award. He lives in Italy and works as a translator and teacher.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Julia has left home, she has gone to Italy. She has left her lover, her job, her flat, the closely-knit group of friends who meant so much to her. Why? and the motley group of ex-pats she finds in Verona: the Oxford brigade, the revolutionary Scot, the cool Canadian, the feminist Flossy - why do they find it so impossible to return home, as if their very identities depend somehow on this thousand-mile displacement? Centred around a love story full of twists, turns and revelations, HOME THOUGHTS explores a world of lost direction, wavering commitment and misplaced ambition as Julia's adventurous departure confronts her more mercilessly than ever with the problem of what on earth she is to do with her life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Flamingo
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006542492
• ISBN 13: 9780006542490
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible