The Tip of My Tongue: And Some Other Weapons As Well - Couverture souple

Azzopardi, Trezza

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178172105X ISBN 13 : 9781781721056

Editeur : Seren, 2013

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Trezza Azzopardi was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and Welsh mother. She studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where she is currently a lecturer.

Her first novel The Hiding Place (2000), is the story of a Maltese family living in Cardiff during the 1960s. It won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was short listed for both the Booker Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction). The book was also adapted for Radio 4's 'Books at Bedtime' and has been translated in to 14 languages. Her second novel, Remember Me (2004), centres on 72-year-old Lilian (also known as Winnie), a homeles woman, in search of her stolen possessions and her troubled past. Her most recent novel is The Song House (2010).

Présentation de l'éditeur

When her mother dies, little Enid has to go to stay with posh relations the Erbins in their mansion. Her father is struggling to cope, and Enid finds herself having to rely on her native wit and mother s advice to survive Uncle Horace, Aunty Celia and above all their teenage son Geraint. This Arthurian tale, from celtic myth cycle the Mabinogion, is retold by Booker shortlisted author Trezza Azzopardi.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Seren
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 178172105X
• ISBN 13: 9781781721056
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192