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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.
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- Titre
- Jigsaw
- Sous-titre
- An Unsentimental Education
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Sybille Bedford
- Éditeur
- Hamish Hamilton
- Publié
- 1989
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 328
- ISBN10
- 0241125723
- ISBN13
- 9780241125724
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Classiques, Allemagne, France, 20e siècle, Italie, Europe du Sud, Angleterre, Jeunes, Enfance, Romans autobiographiques
- Titre original
- Jigsaw
- Évaluation
- 4,35 sur 5
- 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.