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A Girl in Winter: ‘Beautiful.’ Nina Stibbe
Philip Larkin
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Description for A Girl in Winter: ‘Beautiful.’ Nina Stibbe
Paperback. This story of Katherine Lind and Robin Fennel, of winter and summer, of war and peace, of exile and holidays. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 120 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Lose yourself in this tale of young love by the 'best-loved English poet of the past 100 years.' (Sunday Times)
Katherine Lind is a refugee who has become a librarian in a wartime Northern town. One winter's day, she receives a telegram: and her thoughts drift back to falling in love with her pen-pal, Robin Fennel, on a glorious summer exchange. But on his return from the army, their reunion is not what they imagined ...
'Beautiful.' Nina Stibbe
'Remarkable . Diffused poetry.' Simon Garfield
'Highly sensitive . Reminiscent of Virginia Woolf.' Joyce Carol Oates
'Funny and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571225811
SKU
V9780571225811
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Ref
99-1
About Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin was an English novelist, librarian and celebrated poet, who has been awarded numerous honours including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Born in Coventry in 1922, he was educated at King Henry VIII School and Oxford University. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by The Less Deceived (1955), The Whitsun Weddings ... Read more
Reviews for A Girl in Winter: ‘Beautiful.’ Nina Stibbe
"'A Girl in Winter is a beautifully constructed, funny and profoundly sad book.' Andrew Motion"