Oleander, Jacaranda :A Childhood Perceived - Penguin Modern Classics
Oleander, Jacaranda :A Childhood Perceived - Penguin Modern Classics
paperback
Published:
27 April, 2006
Popular Books by Penelope Lively
View All Books by Penelope Lively
Description
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141188324 |
| ISBN10 | 0141188324 |
| Number Of Pages | 208 |
| Item Weight | 158 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 197 x 12 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
So vividly evocative that you can smell the dust and dung, jacaranda and the oleander. It offers potent glimpses of British colonial life 50 years ago: the snake-charmer in the garden; the nine-year old Penelope spying on de Gaulle at Government House... The result is a wise, colourful and touching tale * The Times *
Lively uses the imaginative power of a mature novelist to evoke the sounds, sights and smells of Cairo which is not so much 'another country as another century'
* Independent *GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Penelope Lively was born in Cairo in 1933. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her novels include Passing On, City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave, many of which are published by Penguin.