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Peter Kerr

    1 januari 1940

    Peter Kerr is een Schotse auteur, gevierd om zijn kenmerkende humoristische stem en eclectische literaire bijdragen. Zijn vertelstijl combineert behendig humor met scherpe observatie, of hij nu reisavonturen beschrijft, mysterieuze plotlijnen met komische ondertonen weeft of historische fictie creëert. Kerrs werk verkent voortdurend de nuances van de menselijke ervaring door middel van meeslepende verhalen, en spreekt zo een breed lezerspubliek aan in diverse genres. Zijn talent reikt ook tot de beeldende kunst, aangezien hij vaak zijn eigen boeken illustreert, wat hun unieke charme verder versterkt.

    Peter Kerr
    Koš sněhových vloček
    Snowball Oranges
    From Paella to Porridge
    Viva Mallorca!
    One Mallorcan Summer
    Viva Mallorca: een herfst op Mallorca
    • One Mallorcan Summer

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Spring sees Peter Kerr and family relaxing into a supposedly simpler way of life, growing oranges on their little valley farm in Mallorca. But there are surprises aplenty and to test their resolve, stamina and sense of humour. An engaging account of tranquilo life from the author of Snowball Oranges, celebrating all the charm of Mallorca.

      One Mallorcan Summer
      4,2
    • Viva Mallorca!

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      "Winter spring" finds Peter, under the sharp eye of his long-suffering wife Ellie, struggling to shake off the relaxed Spanish tranquillness that he has now mastered all too well. Old friendships have been established and new ones are found as the Kerrs find out how the other half lives

      Viva Mallorca!
      3,7
    • From Paella to Porridge

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      The Kerr family say goodbye to their orange farm in Mallorca, and put it up for sale after three years of hard work. The Mallorcan experience comes to an end with a farewell fiesta for neighbours and friends, full of comic shenanigans but tinged with sadness. But now begins the return-to-Scotland adventure, and what a cultural shock is in store. Welcomed back by family, the Kerrs make plans to start a deer farm on a remote hillside, the beginning of a period of challenges and change, of buying and restoring houses in the lovely Scottish countryside. Meanwhile, Peter explores Scotland with fresh eyes, visiting such places as the 'Biarritz of the North' where Robert Louis Stevenson used to holiday, and giving us an insider's view of the world-famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo. There's never a dull moment in the Kerr household.

      From Paella to Porridge
      3,7
    • Snowball Oranges

      One Mallorcan Winter

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      A Scottish family give up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded valley in the mountains of Mallorca. However, it isn't long before they realise that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm.

      Snowball Oranges
      3,6
    • Koš sněhových vloček

      • 248bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Volné pokračování knihy Viva Mallorka! Na Kerrově malé farmě v impozantním pohoří Tramuntana na Mallorce vrcholí sklizeň pomerančů a rodina se snaží najít klidnější život na španělském slunném ostrově. Přichází ale rozhodný okamžik, kdy po prvním roce nabitém událostmi, je třeba čelit tvrdým faktům. Vyplatí se práce, kterou Kerrovi investovali do vybudování svého statku tím, že jim poskytne slušné živobytí? Nebo se jejich sen promění v noční můru?

      Koš sněhových vloček
      4,2