A Lesser Dependency - Couverture rigide

Benson, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0333490932 ISBN 13 : 9780333490938

Editeur : Macmillan, 1989

Synopsis

This novel is set in Diego Garcia, a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean - too small to find on a map and one of the last paradisical outposts of the Empire. The islanders are forced to leave hteir home to make way for a military base for the United States army. Peter Benson has also written the prize-winning novel "The Levels".

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'This is polemic touched with poetry. Benson's gift is to capturein strong visual terms the earth-based intuition of those "dropped in the sand and tuned to the rhythms of tiny island life' --The Sunday Times

'The lack of adornment lends the novel the directness of a folk-tale and sharpens its sting' --The Independent

'A powerful political novel which makes its case all the more forcefully for being so restrained' --The Guardian

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in 1956, Peter Benson was educated in Ramsgate, Canterbury and Exeter. His first novel, The Levels, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. This was followed by A Lesser Dependency, winner of the Encore award, The Other Occupant, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Award. He has also published short stories, screenplays and poetry, some adapted for TV, radio and many translated into other languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333490932
• ISBN 13: 9780333490938
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 225
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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