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An Unsentimental Education
This intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German château for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. Sent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education - intellectual, emotional and sexual - continues among the vibrant community of artists…
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- ISBN: 978-1-906011-74-1
- EAN: 9781906011741
- Produktnummer: 19911786
- Verlag: Eland Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 363 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 478 KB
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