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The last thoughts of a dying writer are captured in this intelligent novel by Booker Prize-winner Penelope Lively. The moving and poignant story of life as a writer, historian, and mother ends as a saga of unfufilled love.
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- Claudia Hampton: writer, dying
- Tom Southern: Claudia' lover in Egypt, during the II.WW, who was killed in war
- Gordon Hampton: Claudia's brother; special kind of relation-ship between them
- Lisa: Claudia's daughter; lots of baggage being carried by this character.
- Laszlo: Troubled young man who came under Claudia's care and influence. The son she never had.
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- Jasper
- Camilla
- Cortez
- William Smith
- Jennings
- Rommel
- Sasha
- Malcolm
- Hamilton
- Granny Branscombe
- Madame Chariot
- Jim Chambers
- James Caxton
- Harry
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'I'm writing a history of the world,' she says.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1987 of 46 in Booker Prize Winners. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Old Devils, and followed by Oscar and Lucinda.
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- Penelope Lively (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1987
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Publication Date: 1987
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Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (1987)
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- Dewey: 823.914
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