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THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS
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Linda Grant |
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Hardback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844085406 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844085408 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2008 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
* The brilliant new novel by Orange Prize winner, Linda Grant, about the legacies of history, set in 1970s London |
| Synopsis: |
In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then one morning a glamorous uncle appears, dressed in a mohair suit, with a diamond watch on his wrist and a girl in a leopard-skin hat on his arm. Why is Uncle Sandor so violently unwelcome in her parents' home? This is a novel about survival - both banal and heroic - and a young woman who discovers the complications, even betrayals, that inevitably accompany the fierce desire to live. Set against the backdrop of a London from the 1950s to the present day, The Clothes on Their Backs is a wise and tender novel about the clothes we choose to wear, the personalities we dress ourselves in, and about how they define us all. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of The South Bank Show Awards: Literature 2009
Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 |
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Non-returnable |
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