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Our Spoons Came From Woolworths A Virago Modern Classic

Name: Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns

Auteur: Barbara Comyns

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Barbara Comyns

Engels
Paperback
9781844089277
04 juli 2013
208 pagina's

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Barbara Comyns' delightful classic novel set in bohemian 1930s London with an introduction by Maggie O'Farrell.

'I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was . . . Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else' Maggie O'Farrell

Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic, but comes to regret her marriage and her affair alike. However, virtue is more than its own reward, for repentance brings an abrupt end to the cycle of unsold pictures, unpaid bills and unwashed dishes. Barbara Comyns' classic novel blends comedy and tragedy in an unforgettable, bewitching tale.

'A perpetual mad hatter's tea party' Kate Saunders

'Comyns's world is weird and wonderful . . . a neglected genius' LUCY SCHOLES, OBSERVER

'A curious hybrid: a mixture of domestic disaster, social commentary, comedy, and romance . . . ' KATHERINE A. POWERS, BARNES & NOBLE REVIEW

'I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was . . . Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else' MAGGIE O'FARRELL

Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s where poverty, babies (however much loved) and husband conspire to torment her.

Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic and comes to regret her marriage and her affair. But in this case virtue is more than its own reward, for repentance brings an abrupt end to the cycle of unsold pictures, unpaid bills and unwashed dishes . . .

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 04 juli 2013
Aantal pagina's: 208
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Barbara Comyns
Hoofduitgeverij: Virago Press Ltd

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Product breedte: 126 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 197 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 126 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 197 mm
Verpakking lengte: 19 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 171 g

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EAN: 9781844089277

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