Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education. by Sybille Bedford

by Bedford, Sybille
ISBN: 9780907871798
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Overview

This intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German château for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. Sent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education - intellectual, emotional and sexual - continues among the vibrant community of artists, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bedford, Sybille
  • ISBN: 9780907871798
  • Condition: Used
  • Number Of Pages: 361
  • Publication Year: 2026