1999, ISBN: 9780140258981

Penguin UK. Very Good. 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches. Paperback. 1999. 288 pages. <br>In Pat Barker's Another World, the First World War casts its shadow down the generations. At 1… Altro …

Penguin UK. Very Good. 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches. Paperback. 1999. 288 pages. <br>In Pat Barker's Another World, the First World War casts its shadow down the generations. At 101 years old, Geordie , a proud Somme veteran, lingers painfully through the days befor e his death. His grandson Nick is anguished to see this once-resi lient man haunted by the ghosts of the trenches and the horror su rrounding his brother's death. But in Nick's family home the dark pressures of the past also encroach on the present. As he and hi s wife Fran try to unite their uneasy family of step- and half-si blings, the discovery of a sinister Victorian drawing reveals the murderous history of their house and casts a violent shadow on t heir lives . . . 'Gripping in the best, most exquisite sense of t he word - as if something wicked were holding you in its clutches ' Mail on Sunday 'Brilliant . . . without question the best novel I have read this year . . . once again, World War I extends its dark shadows across Pat Barker's extraordinary writing' Val Henne ssy, Daily Mail 'One of the best things she has ever done' Ruth R endell 'Utterly compelling . . . she is a novelist who probes dee p, revealing what people prefer to keep hidden' Allan Massie, Sco tsman 'Demonstrates the extraordinary immediacy and vigour of exp ression we have come to expect from Barker . . . brilliant touche s of observation, an unfailing ear for dialogue, a talent for ima gery that is darting and brief but unfailingly apt . . . this is a novel that doesn't allow you to miss a sentence' Barry Unsworth , The New York Times Book Review 'Intensely feeling . . . Geordie is a beautifully realised character, tough, humorous, and finall y enigmatic' Helen Dunmore, The Times Editorial Reviews About t he Author Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her forties, when she took a short writing course taug ht by Angela Carter. Encouraged by Carter to continue writing and exploring the lives of working class women, she sent her fiction out to publishers. Thirty-five years later, she has published fi fteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy, been made a CBE for services to literature, and won awards including t he Guardian Fiction Prize and the UK's highest literary honour, t he Booker Prize. She lives in Durham and her new novel, The Silen ce of the Girls, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in August 2 018. ., Penguin UK, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 0140258981

[EAN: 9780140258981], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Penguin UK], FAMILIES -- ENGLAND NEWCASTLE FICTION,MEDICINE IN LITERATURE,FAMILIES, 288 pages. In Pat Barker's Another World, the… Altro …

[EAN: 9780140258981], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Penguin UK], FAMILIES -- ENGLAND NEWCASTLE FICTION,MEDICINE IN LITERATURE,FAMILIES, 288 pages. In Pat Barker's Another World, the First World War casts its shadow down the generations. At 101 years old, Geordie , a proud Somme veteran, lingers painfully through the days befor e his death. His grandson Nick is anguished to see this once-resi lient man haunted by the ghosts of the trenches and the horror su rrounding his brother's death. But in Nick's family home the dark pressures of the past also encroach on the present. As he and hi s wife Fran try to unite their uneasy family of step- and half-si blings, the discovery of a sinister Victorian drawing reveals the murderous history of their house and casts a violent shadow on t heir lives . . . 'Gripping in the best, most exquisite sense of t he word - as if something wicked were holding you in its clutches ' Mail on Sunday 'Brilliant . . . without question the best novel I have read this year . . . once again, World War I extends its dark shadows across Pat Barker's extraordinary writing' Val Henne ssy, Daily Mail 'One of the best things she has ever done' Ruth R endell 'Utterly compelling . . . she is a novelist who probes dee p, revealing what people prefer to keep hidden' Allan Massie, Sco tsman 'Demonstrates the extraordinary immediacy and vigour of exp ression we have come to expect from Barker . . . brilliant touche s of observation, an unfailing ear for dialogue, a talent for ima gery that is darting and brief but unfailingly apt . . . this is a novel that doesn't allow you to miss a sentence' Barry Unsworth , The New York Times Book Review 'Intensely feeling . . . Geordie is a beautifully realised character, tough, humorous, and finall y enigmatic' Helen Dunmore, The Times Editorial Reviews About t he Author Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her forties, when she took a short writing course taug ht by Angela Carter. Encouraged by Carter to continue writing and exploring the lives of working class women, she sent her fiction out to publishers. Thirty-five years later, she has published fi fteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy, been made a CBE for services to literature, and won awards including t he Guardian Fiction Prize and the UK's highest literary honour, t he Booker Prize. She lives in Durham and her new novel, The Silen ce of the Girls, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in August 2 018., Books<

1999, ISBN: 0140258981

[EAN: 9780140258981], Used, very good, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London], PAT BARKER ANOTHER WORLD, From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The… Altro …

[EAN: 9780140258981], Used, very good, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London], PAT BARKER ANOTHER WORLD, From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls 'Gripping in the best, most exquisite sense of the word' Mail on Sunday 'Utterly compelling. She is a novelist who probes deep, revealing what people prefer to keep hidden' Scotsman 'Extraordinary. Without question the best novel I have read this year' Daily Mail 'Brilliant touches of observation, an unfailing ear for dialogue. This is a novel that doesn't allow you to miss a sentence' New York Times Book Review At 101 years old, Geordie, a proud Somme veteran, lingers painfully through the days before his death. His grandson Nick is anguished to see this once-resilient man haunted by the ghosts of the trenches and the horror surrounding his brother's death. But in Nick's family home the dark pressures of the past also encroach on the present. As he and his wife Fran try to unite their uneasy family of step- and half-siblings, the discovery of a sinister Victorian drawing reveals the murderous history of their house and casts a violent shadow on their lives. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

1999, ISBN: 0140258981

[EAN: 9780140258981], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Penguin, London u. a.], WORLD WAR 1, GREAT WAR, NOVEL, ENGLISCHE LITERATUR, ROMANE, Fiction|Romance|General, 5 ungez. Bl., 278 S.… Altro …

[EAN: 9780140258981], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Penguin, London u. a.], WORLD WAR 1, GREAT WAR, NOVEL, ENGLISCHE LITERATUR, ROMANE, Fiction|Romance|General, 5 ungez. Bl., 278 S. 8°. Einband mit leichten Rand- und Eckläsuren. Seiten und Schnitt gebräunt. Ohne Lesefalte im Buchrücken. Innen sauber., Books<