Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 3 June 2010.
A collection of short stories based on the authors recollections of the village he grew up in. Charming and witty.
Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernieres' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.
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Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernieres' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.
Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village was written by Louis de Bernieres and published by Vintage an imprint of CCV
Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village has 342 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
