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Pack of Cards: Stories 1978-1986

Autor Penelope Lively
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 dec 1987
A collection of short stories by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively

InPack of CardsPenelope Lively's gifts of acute perception and wry humour are distilled into a unique collection of mesmerizing stories.

'Confirms her as the most original and piercing writer now working in that most unsparing of genres - short stories'The Times

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 forAccording to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novelMoon Tiger. Her other books includeGoing Back;Judgement Day;Next to Nature, Art;Perfect Happiness;Passing On;City of the Mind;Cleopatra's Sister;Heat Wave;Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories;Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt;Spiderweb; her autobiographical work,A House Unlocked;The Photograph;Making It Up;Consequences;Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, andHow It All Began. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780140102390
ISBN-10: 0140102396
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Penelope Lively is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of PEN and the Society of Authors. She was married to the late Professor Jack Lively, has a daughter, a son, three granddaughters and three grandsons, and lives in London. She has written many prize-winning novels and collections of short stories for both adults and children.Moon Tigerwon the 1987 Booker Prize. Penelope Lively’s most recent book,Making It Up,is available now in Penguin paperback.