the Elderly Claudia Hampton, A Best-selling Author Of Popular History; Lies Alone In A London Hospital Bed. Memories Of Her Life Still Glow In Her Fading Consciousness, But She Imagines Writing A History Of The World. Instead, Moon Tiger Is Her Own History, The Life Of A Strong, Independent Woman, With Its Often Contentious Relations With Family And Friends. At Its Center Forever Frozen In Time, The Still Point Of Her Turning World Is The Cruelly Truncated Affair With Tom, A British Tank Commander Whom Claudia Knew As A Reporter In Egypt During World War Ii.
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lively Recently Won Britain's Prestigious Booker Prize For This Deeply Moving, Elegantly Structured Novel. The Heroine Is Claudia Hampton, An Unconventional Historian And Former War Correspondent Who Lies In A Hospital Bed Dying Of Cancer. Forced Inward, Claudia Moves Randomly Across Time And Place To Reconstruct The Strata Of Her Life. But ``most Lives Have Their Core, Their Kernel, The Vital Centre''; Claudia's Is The Brief, Tragic Encounter She Had In Egypt During The War With Tom Southern, A British Tank Officer On Leave From Battle. Tom's Voice, Along With Those Of Her Brother And Daughter, Joins Claudia's To Shape A Narrative That Is A Complex, Intricately Composed Fugue. This Haunting Evocation Of Loss Is Lively's Finest Achievement Yet.laurence Hull, Cannon Memorial Lib., Concord, N.c.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Psychological
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Grove Press
Author : Lively, Penelope
Language : English
Published :1997-09-18
Number Of Pages : 224
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0802135331
ISBN-13 : 9780802135339
Item weight : 0.35 lb
Dimensions : 0.6 in x 5.4 in x 8.1 in
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