THE BEST OF ANITA BROOKNER Box Set Paperbacks
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THE BEST OF ANITA BROOKNER Box Set Paperbacks
Boxed set of four paperbacks from Booker Prize Winning author Anita Brookner: THE BEST OF ANITA BROOKNER and published by Triad/ Panther Books - Granada Publishing Ltd., London, in 1985. The books are HOTEL DU LAC, A START IN LIFE, PROVIDENCE and LOOK AT ME.All the books are in very good condition with only minor reading wear to two of the books (very slight reading creases around the spines and minor tanning to the pages around the spine). The illustrated original box itself is in very good condition with only minor shelf wear (slight rubbing to the bottom corner). Internally, all of the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
The set comprises four of Anita Brookner's best titles.
HOTEL DU LAC: It was first published in 1984. Winner of THE BOOKER PRIZE. "It is hard to convey the great qualities of this novel ... she has produced a classic, a book that will be read with pleasure a hundred years from now - The Spectator.
-There can be little doubt that she is one of the great writers of contemporary fiction. - The Literary Review.
A smashing love story, very romantic, also humorous, witty, touching and formidably clever." 184 pages. ISBN: 0 586 06466 4
A START IN LIFE: It was first published in 1981. " Since childhood Ruth Weiss has been escaping from life into books, and from the hothouse attentions of her larger-than-life parents into the gentler warmth of lovers and friends. And now Dr. Weiss at forty, knows that her life has been ruined by literature, and that once again she must make a new start in life.
- Witty, rich in character, sharp in plotting and wholly entertaining - Peter Tinniswood, The Times" 191 pages. ISBN: 0 586 05505 3
PROVIDENCE: It was first published in 1982. "Kitty Maule has fallen in love with a history man. But she finds herself affected by the book she is lecturing on - a French romantic novel with a tragic ending. As the academic year progresses, Kitty's cautious attempts to reel in her lover are deftly and wittily captured in this humorous yet moving novel.
- Witty, thoughtful and throughly enjoyable - The Guardian" 189 pages. ISBN: 0 586 05657 2
LOOK AT ME: It was first published in 1983. "When Lillian Beckwith first came to Bruach, in the Hebrides, she was told: "The beautiful and powerful get what they want; the self-disciplined end up slighted and lonely ... This clever, disenchanted novel ... has a marvellously sharp Muriel Sparkish eye for lonely London scenes - The Observer" 192 pages. ISBN: 0 586 06071 5
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