A Private View (Paperback, 1st Vintage contemporaries ed)

Modest, reliable, decorous George Bland faces retirement, surprised to find himself suddenly alone and uncertain. His solitude is brusquely overturned when the mercurial and invasive Katy Gibb appears. By turn sulky girl and sultry woman, Katy embodies an attitude of entitlement quite foreign to Bland, yet she also appears to offer a last chance for adventure, for abandoning the weight of a lifetime of discretion and responsibility. In the contest of wills that follows, Bland discovers his true nature, his capacity for compromise and self-deception. The result is a novel rich in understanding of human complexity and of the desire to take charge of one's own destiny.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage Contemporaries
Release date:	1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Anita Brookner
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	252
Edition:	1st Vintage contemporaries ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-75443-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-679-75443-1
Barcode:	9780679754435

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