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Going Back
On a visit to her childhood home a woman recalls the experiences she and her brother had while living there during World War II and especially the reasons they decided to run away.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
Penelope Lively
130 books985 followersPenelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. 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 other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra’s Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began.
She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List, and DBE in 2012.
Penelope Lively lives in London. She was married to Jack Lively, who died in 1998.
Her other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra’s Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began.
She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List, and DBE in 2012.
Penelope Lively lives in London. She was married to Jack Lively, who died in 1998.
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January 24, 2018
Este libro ha sido una lectura obligatoria como parte de la evaluación de la asignatura de Inglés. Al principio pensé que iba a ser un libro muy tedioso y que no me iba gustar (de hecho estaba pensando en darle 1 sola estrella de lo mal que lo pasé): comienza con un inglés complejo y con multitud de descripciones cada cuatro palabras que lo hacen muy muy lento y difícil de leer. De la mitad en adelante mejora un poco, ya que el argumento se hace (ligeramente) más potente, aunque el final me sabió a poco. El lenguaje que utiliza me pareció difícil al principio, tanto por la toma de contacto como porque estaba plagado de descripciones muy pomposas. Después se hace algo más fácil de leer, aunque para una persona estudiante puede ser complicado seguir el hilo de la historia al 100%. Personalmente, la primera mitad no me gustó porque no contaba nada interesante, luego mejoró un poco. Por todo ello, le pondría una puntuación de entre 2,5-3.
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