Jigsaw An Unsentimental Education |
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Author:
| Bedford, Sybille |
ISBN: | 978-0-907871-79-8 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
Publisher: | Eland Publishing Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.