Notwithstanding - Hardcover

Bernieres, Louis De

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1408461544 ISBN 13: 9781408461549

Publisher: Windsor, 2010

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As the world around it marches forward, the bucolic English village of Notwithstanding remains unchanged. It is, as it always has been, a place of pubs and cricket pitches, where local eccentrics a retired colonel who has eschewed clothes, a spiritualist living with the ghost of her husband, and a dog named Archibald Scott-Moncrieff almost fit in. In this delightfully evocative collection of stories, in which a young couple falls in and out of love by letter alone, an eleven-year-old boy battles a monstrous fish, and a man of the cloth has a premonition of death, Louis de Bernieres conjures up a rural idyll long since forgotten. Funny, bittersweet, and deeply felt, Notwithstanding is the bestselling author of Corelli s Mandolin at his most enchanting."

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Review:

The experience of reading this collection is rather like being wrapped in a tartan blanket and handed a nice mug of cocoa. The Guardian

Sketches of lives that settle into the atmosphere of a place and make it unique. . . . The creator of Captain Corelli is fond of an exotic setting and he has found one in his own backyard. The Times(London)
A timely examination of the charming and, at times, heart-wrenchingly sad aspects of English village life. . . . De Bernieres alchemy is to turn characters who seem destined for farce into nuanced beings. Financial Times
Comic, benignly forgiving and shot through with threads of nostalgic regret. De Bernieres has a big heart. The Independent
An amusing collection. . . . [De Bernieres] perfectly captures the peculiarities, the quirks, and the tenor of a particular time and place with good humor and great affection. Readers will enjoy being transported to Notwithstanding, where they will be introduced to a variety of colorful characters, whose lives are linked together by an accident of location and an abundance of community spirit. Each individual story is a delightful nugget; the collection as a whole, a delectable feast." Booklist"

Book Description:

A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers.

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