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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (good)
de Helen Simonson
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1760292842
- ISBN 13
- 9781760292843
- Librería
-
Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
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Australia: Allen & Unwin. Good. Paperback. 2016. 416 pages. light wear sticker on front page tanning<br><br><p >MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND<br /><br />Helen Simonson<br /><br />Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2016<br />ISBN 9781760292843<br / >mid-size pb, 416pp<br /><br />GOOD: light wear; sticker on front ; page tanning<br /><br />Major Ernest Pettigrew is perfectly con tent ... .
Sinopsis
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart.The Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?From the Hardcover edition.
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El May 23 2015, un lector dijo:
Set in a village in Sussex, England, this is a story of an old fashioned man, Colonel Pettigrew, a widower and almost estranged from his son. In his sixties, he meets a woman originally from Pakistan who is a little younger than he. It is kind of a love story, but subtle and charming. The writing and especially the characterizations are as pointed as Jane Austen might write.
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- Título
- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (good)
- Autor
- Helen Simonson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1760292842
- ISBN 13
- 9781760292843
- Editorial
- Allen & Unwin
- Lugar de publicación
- Australia
- Fecha de publicación
- 2016
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
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