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City of the Mind

Autor Penelope Lively
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 1992
City of the Mindis the second novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively.

'This is the city in which everything is simultaneous. There is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction.'

In London's changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland is aware of how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter Jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him. Here too is the London of prehistory, of Georgian elegance, of the Blitz. But Matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for London in Docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own.

'A glorious novel'Observer

'The descriptions of the London Blitz are achingly real'Sunday Telegraph

Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel,The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 forAccording to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novelMoon Tiger. Her other books includeGoing Back;Judgement Day;Next to Nature, Art;Perfect Happiness;Passing On;City of the Mind;Cleopatra's Sister;Heat Wave;Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories;Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt;Spiderweb; her autobiographical work,A House Unlocked;The Photograph;Making It Up;Consequences;Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, andHow It All Began. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780140156676
ISBN-10: 0140156674
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 199 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Penelope Lively has written many prize-winning novels for adults and children. They include:The Road To Lichfield,According To Mark,Moon Tiger(which won the 1987 Booker Prize),Heat Wave,Spiderweb,The Photograph, Making It Up,ConsequencesandFamily Album.Penelope Lively lives in London.

Recenzii

A glorious novel
The descriptions of the London Blitz are achingly real
Well crafted, complex, fascinating
Bold and beautiful, often witty, hopeful, enriching