Clothes on Their Backs
Orange Prize winner and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008, Linda Grant has created an enchanting portrait of a woman who, having endured unbearable loss, finds solace in the family secrets her estranged uncle reveals. In vivid and supple prose, Grant subtly constructs a powerful story of family, love, and the hold the past has on the present.Vivien Kovacs, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from the world by her timid Hungarian refugee parents, who conceal the details of their history and shy away from any encounter with the outside world. She learns how to navigate British society from an eccentric cast of neighbors -- inc…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4391-4236-3
- EAN: 9781439142363
- Produktnummer: 4191436
- Verlag: Scribner Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 293 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.5 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
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