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Bridge, Ann

 
9781907970078: Illyrian Spring
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ISBN 10: 190797007X ISBN 13: 9781907970078
Editorial: Daunt Books, 2012

Sinopsis

'Excellent . . . at once romantic and tough, absurd yet realistic, escapist yet down-to-earth.' -- Jenny Uglow
Grace Kilmichael, the well-known painter, is running away. She's escaping her husband, and his wandering eye, her bullying grown-up children, and the tiresomeness of being herself.

En route to Split and Dubrovnik, Grace travels through Paris and Venice, and to the glories of Torcello. Here she meets Nicholas fascinating, rebellious, completely unsuitable (and half her age). Thrown into turmoil by their relationship, it is not until Grace arrives in the remote, unspoilt beauty of the Illyrian coast, among the wildflowers and peaceful villages, that she can truly begin to find enlightenment.

Both farcically funny and full of wisdom, this is a classic novel of escape and rediscovery, set against the glorious Illyrian spring.

'This is the most intelligently escapist novel and scandalous for its time. What astonishes is its freshness. Reading it is like taking a holiday although it is a serious sentimental education too.' -- Kate Kellaway

'It still makes the perfect holiday read.' -- Lady Magazine

'Few people can evoke the spirit of a place more vividly than Ann Bridge.' -- Linda Kelly

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Acerca del autor

Ann Bridge was born Mary Dolling Sanders in 1889. The wife of a diplomat who was posted around the world, Ann Bridge came to writing relatively late. Her first novel, Peking Picnic (1932) was an immediate success and won the Atlantic Monthly Prize. She went on to have a distinguished and prolific writing career, and continued to travel the world. She died in 1974. When it was first published in 1935, Illyrian Spring was a Book Society Choice and set a vogue for travel to the Adriatic, (the Prince of Wales even took his yacht there, on a much-publicised trip with Wallis Simpson).

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Editorial
Daunt Books
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
190797007X
ISBN 13 
9781907970078
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
336
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