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by Penelope Lively

Contemporary

Author:

Penelope Lively
ISBN:

0141188316
ISBN13:

978-0141188317
Genre:

Fiction / Literature
Publisher:

Penguin Classic; Later Printing edition (June 22, 2010)
Pages:

224 pages
Subcategory:

Contemporary
Language:

English
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According to Mark (Penguin Modern Classics). Penelope Lively was born in Cairo in 1933. 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.

According to Mark (Penguin Modern Classics). She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her novels include Passing On, City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave, and many are published by Penguin. Anthony Thwaite has published fourteen books of poems, including most recently A Move in the Weather (2003).

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Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Winner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger is the tale of a historian confronting her own, personal history, unearthing the passions and pains that have defined her life. Anthony Thwaite (Introducer). Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: 'a history of the world. and in the process, my own'.

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with an introduction by ANTHONY THWAITE. Published in Penguin Classics 2006. Moon Tiger was Penelope Lively’s seventh novel for adults

with an introduction by ANTHONY THWAITE. Moon Tiger was Penelope Lively’s seventh novel for adults. She had already established a high reputation as a writer for children.

Penelope Lively was born in Cairo in 1933

Lively's ability to bring her character and the world she inhabits into full technicolour is beautiful. This is a unique book about a fascinating unpredictable woman way ahead of her time and yet absolutely of her time' Lemn Sissay.

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бесплатно, без регистрации и без смс. Penelope Lively's Booker Prize winning classic, Moon Tiger is a haunting story of loss and desire. Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying. But she remains defiant to the last, telling her nurses that she will write a 'history of the world. And it is her story from a childhood just after the First World War through the Second and beyond. But Claudia's life is entwined with others and she must allow those who knew her, loved her, the chance to speak, to put across their point of view.

Winner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger is the tale of a historian confronting her own, personal history, unearthing the passions and pains that have defined her life. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Anthony Thwaite. Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: 'a history of the world ... and in the process, my own'. Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is Gordon, her adored brother; Jasper, the charming, untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa, her cool, conventional daughter; and Tom, her one great love, both found and lost in wartime Egypt. Penelope Lively's Booker Prize-winning novel weaves an exquisite mesh of memories, flashbacks and shifting voices, in a haunting story of loss and desire. Penelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. 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 novels include Passing On, City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave, and many are published by Penguin. If you enjoyed Moon Tiger, you might like L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'It's a fine, intelligent piece of work, the kind that Leaves its traces in the air long after you've put it away' Anne Tyler 'Funny, thoughtful ... a perfect example of the Lively art' Mark Lawson, Independent

Kamuro

I really enjoyed but I was confused by the other voices . In the end I do not think they add any greater level of understanding around C's character. I thought the Cairo chapter and the Western Desert chapters were fantastic but Jasper and the daughter were oddly understated. Maybe they were meant to be as a contrast to the events of 1941.

LeXXXuS

Wonderful use of language, unusual perspective on life as a woman during ww2. The switch from the narrator to the other characters was effective in showing the main character's inability to see what others felt and needed. Although the 'heroine'was not someone I'd like to spend time with, I was inclined to admire her unconventionality, courage and intellect. The book has some marvellously descriptive passages that I found myself re-reading to absorb their beauty.

EXIBUZYW

Penelope Lively manages to impart some intense truths about life and love while - and in this lies the trick - keeping her reader spellbound. I loved the way she kept surprising me, and how she mined out the most delicious words. The only little niggle was her repeated use of words such as 'atavistic' and 'howling' - extremely effective on first encounter, not so much thereafter, especially in the mouth of another character. Nevertheless, I give this book five stars, for novelty, engagement and pure writing brilliance.

Marirne

I love this book. I read it when I turned 50 and I , who was "just a mother" ( of 4) who left school at15, studied for a B.A in Literature (and finished it 3 years later). I loved it then and even more so now after a second reading.

Altad

This is a beautiful novel about a long, full, life. Lively uses a technique in which the point of view slips, seamlessly, from third to first person and back again, running back over the same moment or idea to create a "hovering" effect that allows us to linger there a little longer. This effect is never jarring; it's as smooth as silk.

Thozius

Excellent. Follows a lively, interesting protagonist from the present, as she nears her end, with flashbacks to episodes from her childhood, college years, her time as a war correspondent in Egypt during WW II, and post war years as a writer. Interesting relationship with her brother.

Dianalmeena

I wish the book didn't end! Penelope Lively is a brilliant storyteller.

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I found it hard to concentrate and at times skimmed through long paragraphs. Overall I did like the book and would recommend it since Lively's characters are interesting and colourful and she does tell a memorable story. It may have just been me and think I will reread this in time to see if I find it a bit easier to stay engaged.

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