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During one glorious summer between the wars, the realities of life and the sexual ritual dance of the adult world creep into the life of young Margaret Marsh. Her father, preaching the doctrine of the unsavoury Primal Saints; her mother, bitterly nostalgic for what might have been; Charles and Binkie, anchored in the past and a game of words; dying Mrs Frayling and Lydia the maid, given to the vulgar enjoyment of life; all contribute to Margaret's shattering moment of truth. And when the storm breaks, it is not only God who is on the rocks as the summer hurtles towards drama, tragedy, and a touch of farce.
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Jane Gardam has been awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the enjoyment of literature; has twice won a Whitbread Award and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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American readers first turned on to Gardam via Old Filth are in for a surprise with the witty though decidedly more serious story of Margaret Marsh, who comes of age in interwar England. Margaret grows up the only child in an oppressively religious household, and her world gets a much-needed shaking up when her mother, Ellie, has another child and hires a maid, the bawdy but loving Lydia. Lydia immediately begins taking Margaret on day trips that open her eyes to the way others live. Margaret's father, Kenneth, meanwhile, sees Lydia as a laboratory for his Godly work, though he ends up being a less than ideal practitioner of the moral lifestyle he preaches. Then there's Ellie, whose reintroduction to a long-lost love tempts her down the path of what might have been. It all leads to a precipice of disillusion for Margaret regarding her parents' behavior, shattering her perceptions and leading to tragedy. Gardam doesn't waste a word, and the story reads as fresh and relevant now as when it was originally published in Great Britain in 1978.
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Condition: Very Good. : Durante un glorioso verano entre las guerras, las realidades de la vida y la danza ritual sexual del mundo adulto se infiltran en la vida de la joven Margaret Marsh. Su padre, predicando la doctrina de los desagradables Santos Primales; su madre, amargamente nostálgica de lo que pudo haber sido; Charles y Binkie, anclados en el pasado y en un juego de palabras; la moribunda Sra. Frayling y Lydia la criada, dada al vulgar disfrute de la vida; todos contribuyen al momento de verdad de Margaret. Y cuando estalla la tormenta, no es solo Dios quien está en las rocas mientras el verano se precipita hacia el drama, la tragedia y un toque de farsa. EAN: 9780349114064 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: God on the Rocks Autor: Jane Gardam Editorial: Penguin Idioma: en Páginas: 160 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-05-15-8a29a09b
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