wyszukanych pozycji: 5
A Goal for Miss Valentino
ISBN: 9781849211116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This is the first publication of the last collection of his short stories that Fred Urquhart planned, and displays the full range of his work.
This is the first publication of the last collection of his short stories that Fred Urquhart planned, and displays the full range of his work.
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I Fell for a Sailor
ISBN: 9781849210775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1940, Fred Urquhart's first collection of short stories brings to life the modern Scotland of the 1930s, using his inimitably vivid dialogue. He shows the struggles of working-class women, whether labouring in a sweatshop, facing death in a tuberculosis hospital or seeking escape on a bike of her own. His male characters also have problems, caused by army life, religion or homosexuality in a period of oppression. Life is sometimes overshadowed by the approach of war. But there is comedy too, for example a fraught day at Glasgow's Empire Exhibition of 1938. And Urquhart...
Originally published in 1940, Fred Urquhart's first collection of short stories brings to life the modern Scotland of the 1930s, using his inimitably ...
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82,32 zł |
The Last G.I. Bride Wore Tartan
ISBN: 9781849211062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Fred Urquhart's lively collection of stories deals with life in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and demonstrates his fascination with American culture and its effect on Britain. The title story - a highly amusing satirical novella - presents a young Scotswoman who is desperate to cross the Atlantic as a war bride in order to get to Hollywood, armed with a tartan skirt and a copy of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Other stories portray an eccentric woman who has watched too many films, an American musician who has been luckless in his marriages, and an Edinburgh office where the...
Fred Urquhart's lively collection of stories deals with life in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and demonstrates his fascination with ...
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92,04 zł |
Jezebel's Dust
ISBN: 9781849210942 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jezebel's Dust is the story of two young teenage girls infected by the love of uniforms in Edinburgh and London early in the war. They come from the slums and have no very high education or expectations, but the war is opening up new possibilities. Lily McGillivray is the chief man-eater and increasingly a 'good time girl'. She exploits and encourages her more passive and awkward friend Bessie Hipkiss, leading her astray with energy, as they meet up with sailors and soldiers, Free French, Polish and American. Ambition, sex, money and idleness are Lily's motivators. All the old standards are...
Jezebel's Dust is the story of two young teenage girls infected by the love of uniforms in Edinburgh and London early in the war. They come from the s...
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82,32 zł |
A Diver in China Seas
ISBN: 9781849211086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Highly praised by leading critics on its first publication, this collection of some of Fred Urquhart's most subtle and skilful stories depicts the lives of a variety of Scottish characters, at home and abroad. He deals with social class and inter-generational conflict, aspirations and disasters, the passing of time and memories of the past. Urquhart displays his profound understanding of the dreams and behaviour of his predominantly female characters, whether it be an admirer of a great Scottish novelist, trying to discover the truth about her heroine, or a young woman encountering the... Highly praised by leading critics on its first publication, this collection of some of Fred Urquhart's most subtle and skilful stories depicts the ... |
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77,47 zł |