Anita Brookner

Broschiertes Buch

Undue Influence

Beschreibung

'People are mysterious. And they do reveal mysterious connections. But sometimes one is merely anxious to alter the script. It was not the first time I had been guilty of a misapprehension' At twenty-nine Claire Pitt is single but not inexperienced. Attracted to Martin Gibson a former academic married to a beautiful manipulative invalid she and her friend Wiggy are drawn deeper into his world. When Martin is widowed Claire sees a possible future for herself and begins to make plans. But Martin is both more and less than he appears as Claire is about to discover . . . 'All of Brookner's novels are great. But this is one of the best' Independent on Sunday

Autor

Anita Brookner was born in south London in 1928, the daughter of a Polish immigrant family. She trained as an art historian, and worked at the Courtauld Institute of Art until her retirement in 1988. She published her first novel, A Start in Life, in 1981 and her twenty-fourth, Strangers, in 2009. Hotel du Lac won the 1984 Booker Prize. As well as fiction, Anita Brookner has published a number of volumes of art criticism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9780241977828
• ISBN-10: 0241977827
• Artikelnr.: 44699977