Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education;a Biographical Novel - Hardcover

Bedford, Sybille

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241125723 ISBN 13: 9780241125724

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1989

Synopsis

Trying to bridge the gap between the two styles of composition of the autobiography and the novel, this book is based on the author's unusual childhood in Germany, Italy, Provence and England. Her other books include "A Legacy", "Aldous Huxley" and "The Faces of Justice".

About this title

About the Author:

Sybille Bedford was born in 1911, in Charlottenburg, Germany, and was brought up in Italy, England, and France. in 1953, she made her literary debut with A Visit to Don Otavio, and has since published eight other books - including Jigsaw, A Legacy, A Favourite of the Gods, and A Compass Error, as well as classic accounts of criminal trials and other courtroom cases, and an acclaimed biography of her mentor Aldous Huxley. She was vice president of English PEN and one of Britain's nine Companions of Literature. Ms. Bedford lived in London where she passed away in February 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0241125723
• ISBN 13: 9780241125724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336