Winner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger is the
tale of a historian confronting her own, personal history,
unearthing the passions and pains that have defined her life. This
Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Anthony
Thwaite. Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in
hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension,
she is plotting her greatest work: 'a history of the world ... and
in the process, my own'. Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic
of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is
Gordon, her adored brother; Jasper, the charming, untrustworthy
lover and father of Lisa, her cool, conventional daughter; and Tom,
her one great love, both found and lost in wartime Egypt. Penelope
Lively's Booker Prize-winning novel weaves an exquisite mesh of
memories, flashbacks and shifting voices, in a haunting story of
loss and desire. Penelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She
has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for
her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for
According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her
highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her novels include Passing On,
City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave, and many are
published by Penguin. If you enjoyed Moon Tiger, you might like
L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between, also available in Penguin Modern
Classics. 'It's a fine, intelligent piece of work, the kind that
Leaves its traces in the air long after you've put it away' Anne
Tyler 'Funny, thoughtful ... a perfect example of the Lively art'
Mark Lawson, Independent
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