Penelope Lively Libri

Sette vite trasformate da un singolo, minuscolo evento, travolte dalla valanga scatenata in una mattina di aprile a Londra dallo scippo dell’anziana Charlotte, che costringe la figlia Rose a rinunciare ad accompagnare a Manchester il suo datore di lavoro, Lord Henry Peters, celebre professore di storia, il quale decide allora di portare con sé la nipote Marion, costretta a inviare al proprio amante un messaggio, puntualmente intercettato dalla moglie, che in questo modo scopre loro relazione... Una sequenza apparentemente inarrestabile. Perché se il battito d’ali di una farfalla può scatenare una tempesta, se le dimensioni del naso di Cleopatra avrebbero potuto mutare la storia di Roma – un’idea che affascina il professor Peters –, a maggior ragione le nostre minuscole esistenze personali sono in balia del caso: le scelte che crediamo di compiere sono modellate da circostanze esterne su cui non abbiamo alcun controllo e una persona che non abbiamo mai nemmeno incontrato può alterare per sempre il nostro destino. Penelope Lively mette le sue doti narrative al servizio di questa teoria, seguendo con il consueto sguardo caloroso ed empatico un cast di personaggi cesellati con perizia e amore dentro e fuori dalle loro vicende intrecciate e mostrandoci come, malgrado tante svolte arbitrarie e imprevedibili, l’avventura della vita valga davvero la pena di essere vissuta fino in fondo.

Designed to support the Yellow Bananas series, this resource offers teachers engaging activities that enhance core reading skills. It provides a variety of tools aimed at reinforcing students' learning, ensuring they can effectively apply what they learn in their primary reading program. The activities are tailored to be both fun and educational, making it easier for educators to foster a love for reading while developing essential skills in their students.

The book offers intimate insights from a highly regarded author, showcasing their unique perspective and experiences. Through personal reflections, it reveals the thoughts and emotions that shape their writing, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the creative process. This collection not only highlights the author's literary talent but also invites readers to connect with the personal journey behind the words.

An autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Egypt up to, and including, World War II from a small girl's point of view.

This anthology of new writing promotes contemporary literature of the English language from Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth. It contains new names among older, recognizable names and includes short stories, poems, novels in progress and short fiction.

Clare's grandfather brought back a shield from New Guinea seventy years ago, and now Clare's dreams are haunted by images of New Guinea. It is up to her to lay the ghost of an encounter between a Victorian anthropologist and a Stone Age New Guinea tribe to rest. First published in 1974.

Frances, happily married for many years, and suddenly plunged into mourning. Her international celebrity husband Steve has died leaving her unprepared and vulnerable. This title illuminates two terrifying taboos of the twentieth- century - death and grief.

Wry, compassionate and glittering with wit, Penelope Lively's stories get beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate tales of growing up and growing old, chance encounters and life-long relationships, Lively explores with keen insight the ways that individuals can become tangled in history, and how small acts ripple through the generations. With two new never-before-published stories alongside treasures from her early writing days, Metamorphosis showcases the very best from a literary master.