A Far Cry from Kensington - Couverture souple

Spark, Muriel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0380707861 ISBN 13 : 9780380707867

Editeur : Avon Books, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Spark Muriel

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. A poet, essayist, biographer and novelist, she won much international praise, including being twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Times placed her eighth in its list of the Fifty Greatest British Writers Since 1945. She died in Tuscany in 2006.

William Boyd was educated at Glasgow University and Jesus College, Oxford. His novels include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), Restless (2006), Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009) and Waiting for Sunrise (2012). He has worked extensively as a film and television screenwriter, often adapting his own work.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The narrator is one Mrs. Hawkins. She writes from Italy, a far cry from Kensington indeed, taking us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. As a young, rather fat war-widow she spent her days working for a crazy, almost bankrupt publisher; and her nights offering advice from her boarding-house in South Kensington. In both locations our heroine soon uncovered difficulties: shady literary dealings; anonymous letters, blackmail, and even suicide.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Avon Books
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0380707861
• ISBN 13: 9780380707867
• Reliure: Broché