Solitary and self-sufficient, Rachel leads a well-ordered life free from emotional entanglements and commitments. So when she befriends the lively and affectionate Livingstone family – Oscar, Dorrie and much-adored daughter, Heather – their mutual fondness is a puzzle. Drawn swiftly into their domestic maelstrom, Rachel finds herself enlisted as wise friend and unofficial chaperone to the feckless Heather, little foreseeing that her charge's chaotic emotional life will bring devastating consequences for them both...
"Miss Brookner is as devastatingly intelligent and ruthlessly honest as ever. She writes so clearly, so uncompromisingly: she is as austere as George Eliot but has the wit of Jane Austen. This is a small masterpiece"
SUSAN HILL
"No one who cares about writing can be other than pleased by the effortlessly lovely turns of phrase, changes of tone and covert skills that Brookner commands and deploys with such grace in 'A Friend from England'"
SARA MAITLAND, 'Daily Telegraph'
"There is real meaning to Brookner's characters, and this account of their lives is convincing, pitiful, just, admonitory, chilling and successful"
BERNARD LEVIN, 'Sunday Times'
"Anita Brookner's writing invites comparisons with painting; at its best it has a luminosity which fixes character and image, elevating poignancy into minor tragedy"
SHENA MACKAY, 'Evening Standard'
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Descripción Medium Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. 172 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1992. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Rachel becomes involved in the lives of the Livingstones it is with an acute appreciation of their home - beautifully furnished and richly decorated. They have won an undisclosed amount of money on the football pools. But rather than enjoy their new-found wealth, seem sadly resigned to it. They do, however, appear to take pleasure in the association between Rachel and their daughter Heather, seeing Rachel as a good influence. However, no one can foresee their own destiny. And everyone can be a victim of fate. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0006545246. ISBN/EAN: 9780006545248. Inventory No: 19080002. Nº de ref. del artículo: 19080002