Notwithstanding : stories from an English village / Louis de Bernières.
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- 9781101969878
- 1101969873
- Short stories. Selections
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | De Berni Louis | Available | 33111008560183 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As the world around it marches forward, the bucolic English village of Notwithstanding remains unchanged. It is, as it always has been, a place of pubs and cricket pitches, where local eccentrics--a retired colonel who has eschewed clothes, a spiritualist living with the ghost of her husband, and a dog named Archibald Scott-Moncrieff-- almost fit in. In this delightfully evocative collection of stories, in which a young couple falls in and out of love by letter alone, an eleven-year-old boy battles a monstrous fish, and a man of the cloth has a premonition of death, Louis de Bernières conjures up a rural idyll long since forgotten. Funny, bittersweet, and deeply felt, Notwithstanding is the bestselling author of Corelli's Mandolin at his most enchanting.
"A Vintage International Original" -- title page verso.
"Comic, wistfully nostalgic stories about English village life, from the author of Corelli's Mandolin"-- Provided by publisher.
As the world around it marches forward, the bucolic English village of Notwithstanding remains unchanged. It is, as it always has been, a place of pubs and cricket pitches, where local eccentrics almost fit in.
Archie and the birds -- Obadiah Oak, Mrs. Griffiths and the carol singers -- Archie and the woman -- The Girt Pike -- Mrs. Griffith' part-time job -- The auspicious meeting of the first two members of the famous Notwithstanding Wind Quartet -- Mrs. Mac -- Colonel Barkwell, Troodos and the fish -- All my everlasting love -- The Devil and Bessie Mauderfield -- The auspicious meeting of the third member of the famous Notwithstanding Wind Quartet with the first two -- Footprint in the snow -- The happy death of the General -- Rabbit -- This beautiful house -- Talking to George -- The auspicious meeting of the first member of the famous Notwithstanding Wind Quartet with the fourth -- Silly bugger (1) -- Silly bugger (2) -- Horatio and all that -- The broken heart -- The death of Miss Agatha Feakes -- Afterword.