Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy Boxed Set - Couverture souple

Gardam, Jane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609452283 ISBN 13 : 9781609452285

Editeur : Europa Editions, 2014

Synopsis

Jane Gardam's beloved Old Filfth Trilogy--her masterpiece, Old Filfth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends--are here presented in a box set perfect for holiday gift-giving. Emotionally distant but highly successful Edward Feathers, his beautiful wife Betty, and his devilishly handsome professional rival (and Betty's one-time lover) Edward Veneering are the anchors of this series, with each novel focusing on a differenct character. Feathers was a "raj orphan"--children bown in Far East British colonies and raised in England--while Veneering's own path to legal renown is a Dickensian as his name. Filth and his circle tell a bittersweet tale of enduring friendship while contending with the disappointments and consolations of age as a once-insurmountable empire declines around them. Told with Jane Gardam's customary wit, the Old Filth trilogy is a deeply humane and often comic portrait of aging and a reminder that the experiences we choose to take with us in our twilight years are as unforgettable--and unpredictable as life itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in 1928, Jane Gardam is the only novelist to have been twice awarded Britain's prestigious Costa (formerly Whitbread) Award for Best Novel. Old FIlth was a finalist for the Orange Prize and was also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. The Man in the Wooden Hat was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She was awarded an OBE in 2009 and has also received the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the enjoyment of literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Europa Editions
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609452283
• ISBN 13: 9781609452285
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible