The Dear Green Place - Couverture souple

Hind, Archie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552126772 ISBN 13 : 9780552126779

Editeur : Corgi Books, 1985

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Archie Hind was born in 1928. Educated in Glasgow, where he has spent most of his life, his jobs have included bus driving, glass sculpting and data processing. He studied writing for a year at Newbattle College under Edwin Muir, and attended WEA lectures by Jack Rillie of the English Department at Glasgow University; both men were to influence him and his writing. 'The Dear Green Place' first published in 1966 is Hind's only novel and won both the Guardian Fiction Award and the Yorkshire Post Award for Best Book.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Glasgow, 'the dear green place', is the setting for Archie Hind's acclaimed novel. Mat Craig is a young Glaswegian working-class hero and would-be novelist, whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions. Set in 1960s Glasgow, 'The Dear Green Place' is an absorbing and moving story, the whole book invested with strong and sombre descriptions of the city around Mat.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corgi Books
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0552126772
• ISBN 13: 9780552126779
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible