Übersicht			Auf mobile öffnen

Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	August 2015
Genre:	Romane, Erzählungen, Gedichte
	c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) / c 1930 to c 1939 / Family life fiction / FICTION / Family Life / General / FICTION / Historical / General / FICTION / Literary / FICTION / Small Town & Rural / Historical fiction / Narrative theme# Coming of age / Narrative theme# Sense of place
ISBN:	9781509810260
EAN-Code:	9781509810260
Verlag:	Pan macmillan Ltd.
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 203 mm / B 133 mm / D 13 mm
Gewicht:	263 gr
Seiten:	224
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

Inhalt:

Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning ninety-five. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. Things get interesting when he invites his estranged son, the bright and lively Stephen, and his beautiful partner to his celebratory dinner. Over the course of the day, Matthew walks around the village, introducing the pair to his large and varied clan, from the aging Jolly-hockey sticks granddaughter who is considering a torrid affair of her own, to his elderly bookish bachelor son and the lovely great-granddaughter struggling to find her place in the world, doomed to work as a clerk in her dull and dismal father's firm. Teeming beneath the calm surface of village and family life, lies a whole world of secrets and desires, hopes and dreams. Mrs Dalloway with a dash of dry humour, Mapp and Lucia with a slightly melancholy tone, this is the perfect heritage read for fans of 1930s fiction at its best.