Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse

Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse

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Set in Geneva in the inter-war period, this book conveys all the high idealism of that benighted period in European history. It charts the rite of passage of Edith Berry, from wilfulness and self-delusion to a more humble and realistic understanding of what one human being can hope to achieve.

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Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse

Set in Geneva in the inter-war period, this book conveys all the high idealism of that benighted period in European history. It charts the rite of passage of Edith Berry, from wilfulness and self-delusion to a more humble and realistic understanding of what one human being can hope to achieve.
Frank Moorhouse worked as an editor of small-town newspapers and as an administrator, and in the 1970s became a full-time writer. He is the author of Dark Palace, Forty Seventeen, Grand Days, and Satanic Killings. He was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to literature in 1985, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Griffith University in 1997.
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ISBN 13 9780330335003
ISBN 10 0330335006
Title Grand Days
Author Frank Moorhouse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1994-09-09
Number of pages 736
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.