Offshore
Fitzgerald, Penelope
First edition. William Collins Sons & Co, London, 1979. Binging and dust jacket show only some slight shelfwear.
60.00 €
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A first edition of Booker Prize-winning novel. Set in 1961 on a stretch of the River Thames in Battersea Reach, the novel offers a precise and poignant portrayal of a small, eccentric community of people living on houseboats.
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Penelope Fitzgerald
She started her fiction career relatively late in life, in her sixties, quickly earning critical acclaim and winning the Booker Prize in 1979 for Offshore. Her novels, often set in specific, historically rich environments, masterfully explore themes of human vulnerability, survival, quiet resilience, and the subtle absurdities of everyday existence, delivered with a unique blend of compassion and detached irony.
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