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Family And Friends
Anita Brookner
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Description for Family And Friends
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 144.
'Sofka gazes ahead, with her family's future before her . . .' Sofka Dorn, widowed matriarch of a prosperous German Jewish family living in England, rules her four children with an exacting hand. Frederick, the eldest son, is a disgracefully charming 'ladies' man, and like his flirtatious sister, Betty, is adored and indulged by his mother. Alfred and Mimi, both steady and solitary, are a disappointment to Sofka, who values strength and boldness of spirit. But, as their story unfolds, it becomes clear that the lives each must live and the times each must endure will change ... Read more
'Sofka gazes ahead, with her family's future before her . . .' Sofka Dorn, widowed matriarch of a prosperous German Jewish family living in England, rules her four children with an exacting hand. Frederick, the eldest son, is a disgracefully charming 'ladies' man, and like his flirtatious sister, Betty, is adored and indulged by his mother. Alfred and Mimi, both steady and solitary, are a disappointment to Sofka, who values strength and boldness of spirit. But, as their story unfolds, it becomes clear that the lives each must live and the times each must endure will change ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
144g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241977781
SKU
V9780241977781
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner was born in south London in 1928, the daughter of a Polish immigrant family. She trained as an art historian, and worked at the Courtauld Institute of Art until her retirement in 1988. She published her first novel, A Start in Life, in 1981 and her twenty-fourth, Strangers, in 2009. Hotel du Lac won the 1984 Booker Prize. ... Read more
Reviews for Family And Friends
Brookner has a merciless comic gift.
Sunday Times
Works so brilliantly.
Daily Telegraph
Dazzling.
Spectator
How can anything be so funny and so sad both at once? Every sentence is an object lesson in compression and wit.
Tessa Hadley on 'A Start in Life'
Guardian Summer Reads, 2015
Sunday Times
Works so brilliantly.
Daily Telegraph
Dazzling.
Spectator
How can anything be so funny and so sad both at once? Every sentence is an object lesson in compression and wit.
Tessa Hadley on 'A Start in Life'
Guardian Summer Reads, 2015