The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
Orange Prize Winner and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008, Llinda Grant has created an enchanting portrait of a woman who, having endured unbearable loss, finds solace in the family secrets her estranged uncle reveals. Vivien Kovacs, sensitive and bookish, grows up sealed off from the world by her timid Hungarian refugee parents. She loses herself in books and reinvents herself according to her favorite characters, but it is through clothes that she ultimately defines herself. Against her father's wishes, she forges a relationship with her estranged uncle, a notorious criminal, who, in his old age, wants to share his life story. As he reveals the truth about her family's past, Vivien, having endured unbearable loss, learns how to be comfortable in her own skin and how to be alive in the world. Linda Grant is a spectacularly humanizing writer whose morally complex characters explore the line between selfishness and self-preservation. In vivid and supple prose, Grant has created a powerful story of family, love, and the hold the past has on the present.Linda Grant is a novelist who also works as a journalist. In 2000, she was awarded the Orange Award for Fiction, and in 2006, she was awarded the Lettre Ulysses Prize for the Art of Reportage. Her most recent book, The Clothes on Their Backs, was a Man Booker Prize finalist in 2008. She contributes to publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph, and Vogue.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439142363 |
| ISBN 10 | 143914236X |
| Title | The Clothes on Their Backs |
| Author | Linda Grant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
| Year published | 2008-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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