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Jigsaw
Sybille Bedford
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Description for Jigsaw
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448. An Unsentimental Education. 368 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 24. Weight: 446.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780907871798
SKU
V9780907871798
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Ref
99-99
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