Come And Tell me Some Lies - Couverture rigide

Barker, Raffaella

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0241133289 ISBN 13 : 9780241133286

Editeur : Hamish Hamilton, 1994

Synopsis

Raffaela Barker is the daughter of poet George Barker and novelist Elspeth Barker. This book tells of her childhood up to and including the death of her father. It tells of a father/daughter relationship, and of a childhood spent in bohemian poverty in Norfolk with four siblings and step-siblings.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gabriella has many siblings and more animals. Her father is an impoverished poet with a penchant for mending cars with string and optimism, her mother a classicist now more concerned with trying to keep track of spiralling chaotic family life than the declining of verbs.

Gabriella and her brothers run amuck through the attics and wilderness garden of their home, Mildney. Here she observes and experiences the triumphs and pitfalls of belonging to a wayward family, and longs for conformity. Her failure to achieve it is absolute.

Revue de presse

She writes beautifully... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision (Independent on Sunday)

The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement (Observer)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hamish Hamilton
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241133289
• ISBN 13: 9780241133286
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible