Sybille Bedford

A Compass Error (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A powerful and merciless book - a classic coming-of-age novel.' Hilary Mantel 'Bedford writes of the lure of the sensual life, the picnics, lobster salad, hock and seltzer and going to the opera, in Italy, in summer . . .’ The Times 'A mesmerising writer.’ Nicholas Shakespeare 'One of our greatest writers.’ Rosie Boycott 'There will always be people for whom her books are part of their mind’s life, and people who are discovering her for the first time as if entering a lighted room.’ Victoria Glendinning 'Sophisticated . . . skilful.’ New Statesman As the Second World War looms, Flavia is living in a small village in the South of France. She studies for her Oxford entrance, swims in the sea, eats at local cafés, and lives with the confidence and relish of youth. Drawn into the demi-monde of artists and writers, Flavia awakes to the pleasures and complications of adult life. Her world is overturned when she becomes fascinated by Andrée - beautiful, sophisticated, yet manipulative - and is caught up in a devastating intrigue. This is a companion novel to A Favourite of the Gods.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Daunt Books
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781907970191
• Artikelnr.: 38367543

Autorenporträt

Sybille Bedford was born in 1911 in Charlottenburg, Germany, the daughter of a German father and an English mother. She grew up in Italy, France and England. The account of her travels in Mexico A Visit to Don Otavio was her first published book in 1953, and she followed it with three novels, A Legacy (1956), A Favourite of the Gods (1963) and A Compass Error (1968). Her semi-autobiographical novel, Jigsaw, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989. Her memoir, Quicksands, was published in 2005. Sybille Bedford died in 2006.