Penelope Fitzgerald Book order (chronological)

Penelope Fitzgerald, the Booker Prize-winning author of Offshore' and The Blue Flower', turns her attention to the remarkable life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.

Seit über dreißig Jahren lädt die „Lektüre zwischen den Jahren“ ihre Leser zum Innehalten und Nachdenken ein. Nun präsentiert sie sich in neuer Geschenkbuchausstattung. Der Band auf das Jahr 2011 ist der Liebe gewidmet und versammelt die schönsten Gedanken und Geschichten zu diesem unvergänglichen Thema. Isabel Allende, Rose Tremain, Louise Erdrich, Laura Esquivel u. v. a. erzählen von Schmetterlingen im Bauch, von Verführung, Gefühl und Leidenschaft.

Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize-winning novel of loneliness and connecting is set among the houseboat community of the Thames and has a new introduction from Alan Hollinghurst.

"Introduction by Julian Barnes"--Page 1 of cover.

Sixty-one when she published her first novel, Penelope Fitzgerald based many subsequent books on the experiences of a long and varied life. It presents a life unknown to the author through a story of English emigres in pre- Revolutionary Russia and has been described by one critic as the best `Russian' novel of the twentieth century. schovat popis

Penelope Fitzgerald's fascinating portrait of the tragic poet and her life at the heart of the Bloomsbury set.

Penelope Fitzgerald, who died in 2000, emerged late in life as one of the most remarkable English writers of the last century. The three novels in this volume all display her characteristic wit, intellectual breadth and narrative brilliance, applied to the different traditional forms into which she breathed new life. schovat popis

A collection of Penelope Fitzgerald's short stories. schovat popis

Fitzgerald writes a story about the formidable proprietress of "Freddie's, " the Temple Stage School, which provides child actors for London's West End theaters, a promising child actor and his rival, and a man with wicked plans to rescue Freddie's from insolvency.

In 1912, rational Fred Fairly, one of Cambridge's best and brightest, crashes his bike and wakes up in bed with a stranger--fellow casualty Daisy Saunders, a charming, pretty, working-class nurse. So begins a series of complications--not only of the heart but also of the head--as Fred and Daisy take up each other's education and turn each other's philosophies upside-down.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancée Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam. The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his fathers permission to announce his engagement to his hearts desire: twelve-year-old Sophie. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. What can he be thinking?

Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, The Golden Child, combines a deft comedy of manners with a classic mystery set in London's most refined institution--the museum. When the glittering treasure of ancient Garamantia, the golden child, is delivered to the museum, a web of intrigue tightens around its personnel, especially the hapless museum officer Waring Smith. While prowling the halls one night, Waring is nearly strangled. Two suspicious deaths ensue, and only the cryptic hieroglyphics of the Garamantes can bring an end to the mayhem. Fitzgerald has an unerring eye for human nature, and this satirical look at the art world delivers a terrifically witty read.

Cambridge 1912: Ein harmloser Fahrradunfall bringt die Welt eines jungen Wissenschaftlers durcheinander. Er verliebt sich – und das läßt sich mit den Gesetzen der Physik nicht erklären…

Fitzgerald's novel of pre-revolutionary Moscow, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Featuring an introduction by Andrew Miller.

Fitzgeraldovej román U starej Fredie patrí medzi diela vyhľadávané širokým čitateľským publikom. Odohráva sa v prostredí súkromnej dramatickej školy pre deti, ktoré sa chcú venovať hereckému povolaniu, a je opradený čarom a vzrušením divadelného zákulisia. S humorom podaný príbeh je zaľudnený rozličnými postavami a postavičkami, z ktorých vyniká najmä riaditeľka školy, stará pani s tajomnou minulosťou, večne zápasiaca s finančnými ťažkosťami a ochotná podujať sa na všetko, len aby udržala školu v prevádzke.

Román Ďaleko od brehu je zábavný i vážny, jemný i drsný. Autorka v ňom čerpá zo svojich skúseností, keď bývala na zakotvenom člne na Temži, medzi ľuďmi, ktorí — aspoň na čas — stratili pevnú pôdu pod nohami a žili medzi zemou a vodou - a dostali sa tak trocha mimo spoločnosť. S úctyhodným a najmä spoľahlivým brehom londýnskej City ich spája iba lano, iba ním sú bárky vyviazané o nábrežie, a zhrdzavená kotva zarytá do riečneho bahna. Pradivo ich osobného života sa pretrhlo a s minulosťou ich spája len tenké vlákno. Sú šesťdesiate roky a každá postava románu je nejako poznačená, istým spôsobom vydedená. Spisovateľka rafinovane splieta ich osudy do príbehu, ktorý naberá silu i spád, dosahuje vyvrcholenie a presviedča nás, že Penelope Fitzgeraldová je majsterkou umenia románu i biografie a dôstojne pokračuje v tradícii anglického románu.