Leaving Home (OM) - Softcover

Brookner, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141025247 ISBN 13: 9780141025247

Publisher: Penguin, 2006

Synopsis

When cautious Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth century garden design, she finds a reliable diversion from her studies in her unlikely new friend Francoise Desnoyers, in whose beautiful house she is welcomed as a guest. She is not too dazzled to ignore the tensions that exist between Francoise and her formidable mother, or between Mme. Desnoyers and her other guests.

London recedes into the background as life in France becomes more significant in every respect. It is not until the horrifying episode that puts an end to this fascination, that Emma is reconciled to her duller but safer life at home and to the compromises that she comes to accept.

About this title

Product Description:

RO60140607. LEAVING HOME. 2006. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 167 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Review:

" A small gem of clarity and intensity. Her latest, "Leaving Home," promises--and delivers--the savory experience devotees of Brookner have come to crave." -- "The Baltimore Sun"
" Yet another delicious reading experience. Her elegant prose and psychological acuity are fully on display. . . . As a narrator Emma is both clear-eyed and honest--often achingly so."
-- "The Christian Science Monitor"
" Beautiful, piercingly elegant." -- "New York Times Book Review"
" It's hard to pinpoint how Brookner's world differs from the one we know, since the minute we begin reading her fiction, we lose our awareness of the boundaries that separate us from the people whose often circumscribed lives she is so deftly describing. . . . Admirable and refreshing." -- "Bookforum"

"A small gem of clarity and intensity. Her latest, "Leaving Home," promises--and delivers--the savory experience devotees of Brookner have come to crave." "The Baltimore Sun""Yet another delicious reading experience. Her elegant prose and psychological acuity are fully on display. . . . As a narrator Emma is both clear-eyed and honest--often achingly so." "The Christian Science Monitor""Beautiful, piercingly elegant." "New York Times Book Review" It s hard to pinpoint how Brookner s world differs from the one we know, since the minute we begin reading her fiction, we lose our awareness of the boundaries that separate us from the people whose often circumscribed lives she is so deftly describing. . . . Admirable and refreshing. "Bookforum""

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0141025247
• ISBN 13: 9780141025247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176