Jane Gardam: 28 books

Jane Gardam's marvelous stories of young girls on the threshold of womanhood—God on the Rocks and Crusoe's Daughter—have delighted fans and critics alike. These "modern classics" (The Independent) are now joined by a new novel that is equally fresh and genuine, comic and touching. Jessica...

The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn, as they explore THE HOLLOW LAND. Everyday challenges give a daring edge to this rural work and play. There are ancient mysteries to explore...

Aan het begin van de vorige eeuw wordt de zesjarige Polly Flint achtergelaten bij haar twee vrome tantes, een norse weduwe en een onberekenbare dienstmeid. In hun gele huis aan de Engelse kust, met niets anders dan duinen en een uitgestrekt landschap om zich heen, zit er voor de eenzame wees niet...

With her customary accuracy, Jane Gardam reveals the extraordinariness of ordinary people as she deals with the pangs of love- fulfilled or hopeless, sexual or spiritual, tortured or hilarious- in these eleven stories. Paraded here are ladies with a 'thing' about vicars, strange events happening...

Filth fut pendant des années un avocat international de renom à Hong Kong. Mais il fut aussi un de ces enfants appelés « Orphelins du Raj » né dans l’empire britannique en Malaisie et rapatrié tout jeune en Angleterre pour être éduqué. En déroulant sa vie ainsi que celle de sa...

The story of a motherless girl named Faith and her family and close friends, all of whom are determined to see her live a happy life. Faith's mother died in childbirth; her overworked father cannot raise his child alone; and her unconventional grandmother refuses to acknowledge the child whose...

In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent to live with her aunt’s in a house by the sea. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the world as 20th century rages in the background. Throughout it all Polly returns again and again to the...

Alles aan Edward Feathers is vlekkeloos - zijn garderobe, zijn manieren, zijn naam en faam als topadvocaat met een glansrijke carrière in Hongkong. Door en door een gentleman, die zijn bijnaam Old Filth - Failed In London, Try Hong Kong - geen eer aandoet. Maar zijn onberispelijkheid is bedrieglijk...

Per festeggiare i 200 anni della nascita di Charlotte Brontë, Tracy Chevalier ha chiesto alle migliori autrici in lingua inglese di scrivere una storia ispirata alla celebre battuta di Jane Eyre: «L’ho sposato, lettore mio». Questo racconto fa parte della raccolta dedicata a Charlotte Brontë: L’ho sposato, lettore mio a cura di TRACY CHEVALIER

Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the Year. From the author of Old Filth. With prose that is vibrant and witty, The Queen of the Tambourine traces the emotional breakdown—and eventual restoration—of Eliza Peabody, a smart and wildly imaginative woman who has become...

A new collection of stories from a writer at the height of her powers—a celebrated stylist admired for her caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, love of humanity and wicked powers of observation. This is a delightful grouping of stories, witty and wise, that includes the return of Sir Edward Feathers, “Old Filth” himself.

Les destins croisés de Sir Edward Feathers, grand juge à Hong Kong, de sa femme Betty et de Terry Veneering, éternel rival du premier à la fois au barreau et auprès de sa femme. Une grande saga sur l’Angleterre de l’époque coloniale à la fin du XXe siècle. Un chef d’œuvre d’humour et d’intelligence. Traduit de l’anglais par Françoise Adelstain

Le Maître des apparences et Le Choix de Betty racontaient avec une tendresse caustique et un humour noir la vie d’un grand avocat de Hong Kong, le Vieux Filth*,* et de sa femme, l'intelligente et incomprise Betty. L'Éternel rival, dernier volume de cette trilogie, s'attache à Terence Veneering,...

Le maître des apparences racontait l’histoire de sir Edward (Eddie) Feathers alias le vieux Filth, son enfance coloniale, sa carrière d’avocat international à Hong Kong, son mariage, ses amis et ses rivaux.   Le choix de Betty tisse la même histoire mais vue par sa femme Betty. Orpheline...