Ammonites and Leaping Fish - A Life in Time

Informationen zum Autor Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Beyond the Blue Mountains; Oleander, Jacaranda; Spiderweb; A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Klappentext A memoir that deals with old age, the context of ones life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Penelope Lively, Lively Penelope
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.10.2013
• EAN: 9780241146385
• ISBN: 978-0-241-14638-5
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 144 mm x 223 mm x 24 mm
• Thema: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien