The Sweet Shop Owner by Graham Swift

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The Sweet Shop Owner by Graham Swift

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Summary

In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife - a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation.

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The Sweet Shop Owner by Graham Swift

In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife - a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation...threatened only by Dorry, their clever, angry, unforgiving daughter. 'Moving...Through the succinctly evoked provincial decades one of the engrossing features is the difficulty of love and of communication between generations' - "London Review of Books". 'A remarkable novel...There is a touch of Joyce in Graham Swift's revelation of the hidden poetry of small men's lives' - "New York Times Book Review".

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SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780330353724
ISBN 10 0330353721
Title The Sweet Shop Owner
Author Graham Swift
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1999-11-12
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.