A delightful and elegant literary memoir about the Scottish novelist's eccentric family. Selected as a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year and shortlisted for the prestigious Scottish Saltire Literary Award, Strangers is a literary memoir by Emma Tennant, the Scottish novelist whose eccentric family is described here in a pristine and elegant style. The story begins in 1912, as the world is about to break into war. Emma's grandmother, the dreamy and beautiful Pamela, maintains an ongoing feud with Emma's great ...
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A delightful and elegant literary memoir about the Scottish novelist's eccentric family. Selected as a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year and shortlisted for the prestigious Scottish Saltire Literary Award, Strangers is a literary memoir by Emma Tennant, the Scottish novelist whose eccentric family is described here in a pristine and elegant style. The story begins in 1912, as the world is about to break into war. Emma's grandmother, the dreamy and beautiful Pamela, maintains an ongoing feud with Emma's great-aunt Margot (wife of Britain's Prime Minister). Pamela's son Bim dies on the Somme, and his sacrifice is accepted as if death lies in the faint outline of garden where it merges with rushes and reedbeds. Gradually, we encounter Emma herself, a lonely child left at the enormous family estate, Glen, during World War II, witnessing the mysterious comings and goings of her extended family including her aunt, the wayward, thrice-married Clare. Deeply evocative and atmospheric, and written with stunning detail, Strangers is, as The Guardian explains: a historical chronicle but also a reverie on where you put your family inside yourself.
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Very Good. 1999. Hardback. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. New Directions, 1999. 2nd printing. Gift note inked on front flyleaf. 183pp. Nice dust jacket in a protective mylar cover. Hardccover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-Library Hardcover with usual markings, stamps, and stickers. Dust Jacket has a clear, plastic covering over it. Pages are in nice condition. -Disclaimer: May have a different cover image than stock photos shows, as well as being a different edition/printing, unless otherwise stated. Please contact us if you're looking for one of these specifically. Your order will ship with FREE Delivery Confirmation (Tracking). We are a family business, and your satisfaction is our goal!
