A Far Cry from Kensington

Spark, Muriel

ISBN 10: 1441786945 ISBN 13: 9781441786944

Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 2011

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"Wickedly and adroitly executed."

-- "New York Times"

"It follows the rules of art right down the line and illuminates the human condition, etc. But it also meets a trickier challenge, that of being superb entertainment."

-- "New York Times"

"A 1950s Kensington of shabby-genteel bedsitters, espresso bars...irradiated with the sudden glows of lyricism she can so beautifully effect."

-- "Sunday Times (London)"

"The divine Spark is shining at her brightest--pure delight."

-- "Independent (UK)"

"Outstanding."

-- "Observer (London)"

"Far Cry is, among other things, a comedy that holds a tragedy as an eggcup holds an egg."

-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Spark knows the wonderfully zany world of postwar-London publishing backward, her wit has never been more telling, and any book person is going to gobble this up."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

Reseña del editor:

Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation.

Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry from Kensington, takes us well in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. There, as a fat and much admired young war widow, she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher ("of very good books") and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming house. At work and at home Mrs. Hawkins soon uncovered evil: shady literary doings and a deadly enemy; anonymous letters, blackmail, and suicide. With aplomb, however, Mrs. Hawkins confidently set about putting things to order, little imagining the mayhem that would ensue.

Now decades older, thin, successful, and delighted with life in Italy--quite a far cry from Kensington--Mrs. Hawkins looks back to all those dark doings and recounts how her own life changed forever. She still, however, loves to give advice: "It's easy to get thin. You eat and drink the same as always, only half...I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book."

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• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1441786945
• ISBN 13: 9781441786944
• Einband: CD de audio