ISBN: 9781922147950 - the catherine wheel (text classics) (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The wind from Siberia as announced by the BBC came down Bayswater Road from the direction of Marble Arch.Searing skin, and petrifying metal and wood, it took possession of London and this early day of the new year. Gently, somehow sympathetically, with a secret sort of throb, my ears ached against it, but rather more drearily and with a sense of injustice my eyes watered as I narrowed them at the steely dark sky and swirling smoke. The centre of the universe! The brilliance of the winter season! Twenty-five-year-old Clemency James has moved from Sydney to a chilly bedsit on the other side of the world. During the day she studies for the bar by correspondence; in the evenings she gives French lessons to earn a meagre wage. When she meets Christian, a charismatic would-be actor, she can see he's trouble-not least because he's involved with an older woman who has children. She is drawn to him nonetheless: drawn into his world of unpayable debts and wild promises. First published in 1960, The Catherine Wheel is Elizabeth Harrower's third novel and the only one of her books not set in Australia. In it she turns her unflinching gaze on the grim realities of 1950s London, and the madness that can infect couples. 'I love The Watch Tower, but I love The Catherine Wheel more. Like all the Harrower books, with their psychological mysteries, their droll humour, their brilliant language and ear for voices, The Catherine Wheel takes your hand from the first page and beckons you in.' Ramona Koval.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 352.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Series: Text Classics. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Clemency James falls for the unpredictable Christian, and what follows is a relationship of intensity and conflict powerfully described.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorElizabeth Harrower was born in Sydney in 1928 and moved to London in 1951. She traveled extensively and began to write fiction. Her first novel Down in the City was published in 1957, and was followed by The Long .