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Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: "a history of the world...and in the process, my own". Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up
… More »Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: "a history of the world...and in the process, my own". Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is Gordon, her adored brother, and Jasper, her charming, untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa, her cool, conventional daughter. Then there is Tom, her one great love, both found and lost in wartime Egypt. Penelope Lively's Booker Prize-winning novel weaves an exquisite mesh of memories, flashbacks and shifting voices, in a haunting story of loss and desire.
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Add a CommentDying woman reminisces on her life as a reporter in Egypt as well as other places.
Although it won the Booker Prize in 1987, this book is disappointing. Claudia is old and dying, and she remembers excerpts from her life. She was married, had a daughter Lisa who didn't understand her and wasn't understood by her. Claudia was an observer in the desert war and fell in love with a soldier in Egypt. Claudia is an outspoken beautiful women who never had a deep relationship with anyone except her lover, who was killed in the war. Lively describes the desert well, and she contrasts the war with the British living pampered lives in Cairo. I preferred her book "The Photograph".
Not one likeable character...except maybe Tom. A sour story and definitely not Ms Lively's finest work.
Very clever look at how history and language shape a life, told from the viewpoint of a shocking and cantakerous narrator. Understandably won the Booker in 1987.