Description
| Product ID: | 9780099542025 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Notwithstanding |
| Subtitle: | Stories from an English Village |
| Authors: | Author: Louis de Bernieres |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories, England |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernières'' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-05-06 |
