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.
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