Margaret Drabble - Böcker

Simon Camish, a resentful insecure barrister in a stifling marriage, would not have particularly noticed Rose Vassiliou had he not been asked to drive her home one night after a dinner party. Now, separated from her Greek husband, Rose lives alone...

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1979. Three old Cambridge friends are brought together at a party to celebrate New Year's Eve and the end of a decade. Esther, Liz and Alix first met in Cambridge in the early Fifties, a time when their futures held glittering promise. But with th...

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January 1987. Alix Bowen has moved away from London to Yorkshire. There, she regularly visits a mass-murderer in a high-security prison. But has her natural curiosity in his motives and character crept into obsession? Meanwhile, Alix's life contin...

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Ailsa and Humphrey met as children by a grey, northern sea in post-war Britain. She, freckled and furious; he, quietly studious; both fascinated by the other. Years later, their lives collide as adults and burst into an intense yet brief love affa...

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The princess is taking her over, bodily and mentally. Dr Babs Halliwell is no longer herself. A young girl is plucked from obscurity to marry the Crown Prince of Korea. In her diaries, she chronicles the intrigues of courtly life and her own extra...

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Known for both its industrial roots and arboreal abundance, Sheffield has always been a city of two halves. From elegant parks and gardens to brutalist high-rise estates and the hinterland nightclubs of 'Centertainment', it is a city cau...

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Rosamunde macht sich nicht viel aus der Liebe. Die¿wohl einzige Jungfrau im London der Swinging Sixties¿hÿtte zwar mehr als genug Gelegenheiten fu?r heiÿe Affÿren,¿sitzt aber lieber u?ber den Bu?chern. Und ausgerechnet¿sie wird nach einem m...

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»En oerhört stimulerande rikedom av röster, perspektiv, diskussioner. Drabble lyckas också fånga det där otydliga och komplexa skeendet när en tidsanda glider över i en annan.« | AFTONBLADET Liz får ett paket med posten från en nära vän hon inte h...

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»Med exaktheten hos en Jane Austen och giftigheten hos en Evelyn Waugh, med subtil humor och elegant psykologi, naglar Margaret Drabble fast egenkärleken hos sina karaktärer och det samhälle de företräder.« | LOS ANGELES TIMES »Margaret Drabble ha...

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»Margaret Drabbles mest fullödiga och trollbindande roman.« | JOYCE CAROL OATES »Bräddfull av intelligens.« | NEW YORK TIMES » Riken av guld är en hyllning till människan som del av naturen.« | JOHN UPDIKE, THE NEW YORKER Frances Wingate är en av ...

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