Offshore, Human Voices, The Beginning of Spring
Author: Penelope Fitzgerald
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed),,After publishing her first novel in 1977 at the age of sixty-one, Penelope Fitzgerald (1916-2000) went on to become one of the most remarkable and highly acclaimed English writers of the last century. Each of the three novels gathered here vividly and unforgettably conjures up an entire world.,,The Booker Prize-winning novel Offshore limns the m….Read More
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