Jigsaw
€19.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780907871798 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Eland Publishing |
| Publishing Date | 24/06/2005 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €18.16 |
| Tax | €1.09 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €19.25 |
| Availability | 11 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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 and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.