11 results for '"Penelope Lively"'

"A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past."--Boston Globe Winner of the Booker Prize * Shortlisted for the...

In Pack of Cards, Penelope Lively introduces the reader to slivers of the everyday world that are not always open to observation, as she delves into the minutiae of her characters' lives. Whether she...

In Pack of Cards, Penelope Lively introduces the reader to slivers of the everyday world that are not always open to observation, as she delves into the minutiae of her characters' lives. Whether...

"In this haunting new novel, the act of forgetting is as strange and interesting as the power of remembering." —The New York Times Book ReviewLook out for Penelope Lively’s new book, The Purple Swamp...

Penelope Lively is one of England's greatest living writers, whom The New York Times Book Review has called "blessed with the gift of being able to render matters of great import with a breath, a...

A vibrant novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively—a wry, wise story about the surprising ways lives intersectWhen Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief on...

In The Road to Lichfield, Penelope Lively explores the nature of history and memory as it is embodied in the life of a forty-year-old woman, Anne Linton, who unexpectedly learns that her father had a...

From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and lifePenelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions...

"One of Britain's most talented and experienced writers. The closer you look the more mystery you see."  --The Times (London)A seductive and hugely suspenseful novel by Booker Prize winning author...

Now joining Everyman’s Library—the most extensive and distinguished collectible library of the world’s greatest works—is an appealing new collection in a small Pocket Classics format, perfect for...

A glimmering collection of new short fiction from the Booker Prize winner.“Lively writes with an astringent blend of sympathy and detachment, emotional wisdom and satiric wit.” —Michiko Kakutani, The...