Jigsaw [electronic resource] : An Unsentimental Education
Bedford, Sybille2012
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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.
Main title:
Jigsaw [electronic resource] : An Unsentimental Education / Sybille Bedford
Author:
Bedford, Sybille, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Eland Publishing, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781906011741
Language:
English
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BRN:
2793201
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