George Friel

A Glasgow Trilogy: The Boy Who Wanted Peace; Grace and Miss Partridge; MR Alfred M. A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Three novels by George Friel

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Produktdetails

• Canongate Classics
• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780862418854
• ISBN-10: 0862418852
• Artikelnr.: 22270134

Autorenporträt

George Friel was born in 1910, the fourth of seven children. He attended Glasgow University, where he began to write. Until 1940 he worked as a teacher. After serving in the war he returned to live in Bishopbriggs, where he resumed his teaching career. He wrote slowly, and his three great novels were published between 1964 and 1972; The Glasgow Trilogy includes The Boy who Wanted Peace, Mr Alfred MA and Grace and Miss Partridge. His refusal to compromise and his integrity were out of fashion for his times, and he experienced much rejection during his lifetime. It is ironic that the literary rediscovery and rebirth of Scotland, of which he is so important a part, began shortly after his death in 1975.