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This intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German château for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. Sent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education - intellectual, emotional and sexual - continues among the vibrant community of artists, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.
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Jigsaw, Sybille Bedford
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Jigsaw
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sybille Bedford
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0907871798
- ISBN13
- 9780907871798
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, France, Germany, 20th century, Southern Europe, Italy, England, Teens, Childhood, Autobiographical Novels
- Original title
- Jigsaw
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
- Description
- This intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German château for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. Sent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education - intellectual, emotional and sexual - continues among the vibrant community of artists, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.