Penelope Fitzgerald : a life
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780385352345 (hardcover), 0385352344 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
xvi, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Santa Maria Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 823.914 F554 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385352345 (hardcover), 0385352344 (hardcover)
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Penelope Fitzgerald was a great English writer-many say the greatest in recent years-whose career didn't begin until she was nearly sixty. Her life moved from a Bishop's Palace to a sinking barge, from a life of teaching and obscurity to a blaze of renown. Her novels are short, spare masterpieces: subtle and intensely evocative. The early works draw on Fitzgerald's own experiences-working at the BBC in wartime; at a failing bookshop in Suffolk; at an eccentric stage school-while her later books open out into historical worlds that, magically, she seems to entirely possess. Despite the late start of her career, Fitzgerald's books won some of the most coveted awards in literature: the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Hers is a story of lateness, persistence, and redemption. Now, Hermione Lee, a master biographer and one of Fitzgerald's greatest champions, gives us this remarkable author's unforgettable story."--www.Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lee, H. (2014). Penelope Fitzgerald: a life . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Hermione. 2014. Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Hermione. Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lee, Hermione. Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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