Summary
Beautifully packaged reissue of a Penelope Lively reissue
‘This is the city in which everything is simultaneous. There is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction.’
In London’s changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland is aware of how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter Jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him. Here too is the London of prehistory, of Georgian…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140156676 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140156674 |
| Author: | Penelope Lively |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 10000th |
| Release Date: | 30 April 1992 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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A glorious novel
A glorious novel * Observer *The descriptions of the London Blitz are achingly real * Sunday Telegraph *Well crafted, complex, fascinating * Time Out *Bold and beautiful, often witty, hopeful, enriching * Scotsman *
About The Author
Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively has written many prize-winning novels for adults and children. They include- The Road To Lichfield, According To Mark, Moon Tiger (which won the 1987 Booker Prize), Heat Wave, Spiderweb, The Photograph, Making It Up, Consequences and Family Album. Penelope Lively lives in London.
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