One fine day
Uiterlijk 22 januari in huis
A hymn to England and a vanished way of life, a memorable portrait of the aftermath of war.
ON THE GUARDIAN'S 2001 READING LIST FOR WAR FICTION
It is a summer's day in 1946. The English village of Wealding is no longer troubled by distant sirens, yet the rustling coils of barbed wire are a reminder that something, some quality of life, has evaporated. Together again after years of separation, Laura and Stephen Marshall and their daughter Victoria are forced to manage without 'those anonymous caps and aprons who lived out of sight and pulled the strings'. Their rambling garden refuses to be tamed, the house seems perceptibly to crumble. But alone on a hillside, as evening falls, Laura comes to see what it would have meant if the war had been lost, and looks to the future with a new hope and optimism.
First published in 1947, this subtle, finely wrought novel presents a memorable portrait of the aftermath of war, its effect upon a marriage, charting, too, a gradual but significant change in the nature of English middle-class life.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 11 november 1985
Aantal pagina's: 184
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Mollie Panter-Downes
Hoofduitgeverij: Virago Press Ltd
Editie: New ed
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 127 mm
Product hoogte: 13 mm
Product lengte: 197 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 126 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 192 mm
Verpakking lengte: 14 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 160 g
EAN: 9780860685876