Moon Tiger (Audio)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781850896630 (1850896631)
Publish date: September 3rd 1997
Publisher: Isis
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Egypt
I loved it! Read it. Initially, I disliked Claudia while admiring her -- she is intelligent and outspoken, but she is more concerned with people in theory than in practice. She embarks upon a career as an historian because she is insatiably curious about the multitude of untold stories throughout hi...
On the surface, Penelope Lively's novels are unassuming and simple: two characters, in some kind of relationship, live. Their lives are expected, rather normal, ordinary. Lively's gift is her ability to plumb these lives and flesh out people who are fascinating and extraordinary.Moon Tiger is a beau...
Claudia Hampton, dying in a hospital in London, is thinking back over her life. Penelope Lively weaves Claudia's memories with the memories of a daughter and a brother and friends, and spills the story of Claudia's life onto the page in little snippets and bits to create a story that is both clever ...
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