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Synopsis
This novel tells the story of a man whose early loss of his mother has distorted every relationship in his life. In an attempt to unlock the secret of the past, the man travels to the Andaman Islands seeking traces of his mother. The author has previously been shortlisted for the Hawthornden prize.
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Biographie de l'auteur
Lee Langley was born in India and spent her childhood there. Her last three novels were set in India. Changes of Address and A House in Pondicherry were shortlisted for the Hawthornden Prize, and Persistent Rumours won both the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel (Eurasia) and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of literature. Her latest book is the novel, Distant Music, also published in Vintage.
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A childhood mystery has haunted James Oakley all his life: the disappearance and unexplained death of his mother far away in India. Year later, in an attempt to unlock the past, he returns with his unhappy wife Daisy to the islands where he was born, a place of treacherous seas and hurricanes, which conceals an appalling secret.
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Persistent Rumours
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Penguin Random House, 1993
ISBN 10 : 0749313684
ISBN 13 : 9780749313685
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Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
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Etat : Good. New Ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur GRP102311421
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Persistent Rumours
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Random House UK, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0749313684
ISBN 13 : 9780749313685
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Vendeur : Hamelyn, Madrid, M, Espagne
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Etat : Good. : James Oakley ha vivido atormentado por la misteriosa desaparición y muerte de su madre en la India. Años después, regresa con su esposa Daisy a las islas donde nació, un lugar de mares traicioneros y huracanes, para desentrañar el pasado y descubrir un secreto terrible. Novela ganadora del Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel (Eurasia) y el Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel Award. EAN: 9780749313685 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: Persistent Rumours Autor: Lee Langley Editorial: Random House UK Idioma: en Páginas: 304 Formato: tapa blanda. N° de réf. du vendeur Happ-2026-06-19-ce0acfb9
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Persistent Rumours. A Novel.
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London: Mandarin Paperback, 1993
ISBN 10 : 0749313684
ISBN 13 : 9780749313685
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Illustrierte Originalbroschur. Etat : Sehr gut. 2. Auflage. 193 (3) Seiten. Mit einer Karte. 19,8 x 13,0 cm. Aus der Bibliothek der Gräfin Ledebur. Sehr guter Zustand. Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel (Eurasia) and the Writers Guild of Great Britain Best Novel Award. Langley has a very definite and original voice of her own, with the power to portray a real sense of deeper truths about humanity within the context of a gripping and moving story. Sunday Times. - A childhood mystery has haunted James Oakley all his life: the disappearance and unexplained death of his mother far away in India. Years later, in an attempt to unlock the past, he returns with his unhappy wife Daisy to the islands where he was born, a place of treacherous seas and hurricanes, which conceals an appalling secret. - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Lee Langley is a British writer born in Calcutta, India. Langley is the author of ten novels, including Changes of Address (1987), a largely autobiographical account of her childhood in India, the first in a loose trilogy of novels set in India which was short-listed for the Hawthornden Prize. It was followed by Persistent Rumours (1992), which won the Writers' Guild Award (Best Fiction) and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book), and A House in Pondicherry (1995). Her novel, Distant Music (2001), spans six centuries in a narrative that begins on the Portuguese island of Madeira in the 15th century and ends in London in the year 2000. Her novel, A Conversation on the Quai Voltaire (2006), is set in 18th and 19th century Paris, Italy, Russia and Egypt, and recreates the life of Dominique Vivant Denon, one of the most significant figures in French art history. Her novel, Butterfly's Shadow (2010) set in mid-twentieth-century America and Japan, takes Giacomo Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly as a springboard to send the characters into an imagined future. She has also written several film scripts and screenplays, including television adaptations of Graham Greene's The Tenth Man, several stories by Rumer Godden, and Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance. She has written on travel and the arts for leading newspapers and magazines, such as The Independent and The Spectator. Langley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1996. She lives in Richmond, London. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 221. N° de réf. du vendeur 52367
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