Staying On

Paul Scott

За особеностите на екземпляра

Състояние:: Много добро
Забележка:: Почти отлично състояние - леко захабен външен вид, неизползвана книга.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр.

За изданието

Издателство:: Arrow Books
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 1997 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 255
Корици:: Меки
Категория:: Чужда проза
Тегло (гр.):: 180
Ширина (мм):: 125
Височина (мм):: 195
Дебелина (мм):: 14
ISBN:: 9780749318659

'Certainly his funniest and, I think, his best. It is a first class book and deserves to be remembered for a long time' Auberon Waugh, Evening Standard Tusker and Lucy Smalley stayed on in India. Given the chance to return 'home' when Tusker, once a Colonel in the British Army, retired, they chose instead to remain in the small hill town of Pankot, with its eccentric inhabitants and archaic rituals left over from the days of the Empire. Only the tyranny of their landlady, the imposing Mrs Bhoolabhoy, threatens to upset the quiet rhythm of their days. Both funny and deeply moving, Staying On is a unique, engrossing portrait of the end of an empire and of a forty-year love affair. 'Staying On covers only a few months but it carries the emotional impact of a lifetime, even a civilisation' Philip Larkin, Chairman of the Booker Prize Judges 'One of the most cherished books of the last quarter-century. It is good to re-read it for its humour and pathos as well as its wonderful description of the legacy of the Raj' Sunday Telegraph