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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, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.
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Jigsaw, Sybille Bedford
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2005
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- Titel
- Jigsaw
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Sybille Bedford
- Uitgever
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2005
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0907871798
- ISBN13
- 9780907871798
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historische romans, Klassiekers, Frankrijk, Duitsland, 20e Eeuw, Zuid-Europa, Italië, Engeland, Jongeren, Kindertijd, Autobiografische romans
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Jigsaw
- Beoordeling
- 4,35 van 5
- Aantekening
- 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, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.