Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010)
Autore di Master Georgie
Sull'Autore
Beryl Bainbridge was born on November 21, 1934, in Liverpool, England. She became an actress at a young age and worked in English repertory theatres and on the radio. Her work contains dark, somber subject matter, deftly mixed with humor. Her writing acts as an outlet for her childhood mostra altro frustrations, and frequently deals with family relations. In her novels, she recalls memories of disappointment and of a bad-tempered, brooding father. During her lifetime, she wrote 18 novels including A Weekend with Claude, Another Part of the Wood, The Bottle Factory Outing, The Birthday Boys, According to Queeney, and Young Adolf. She adapted many of her novels, such as An Awfully Big Adventure, Sweet William, and The Dressmaker, for film. She has received numerous awards and honors including the Whitbread Award in 1977 for Injury Time and in 1996 for Every Man for Himself; the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1998 for Master Georgie; a Guardian Fiction Award, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature in 2003. She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. She died from cancer on July 2, 2010 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Beryl Bainbridge
The Novels of Beryl Bainbridge Volume One: An Awfully Big Adventure, The Birthday Boys, and Master Georgie (2018) 8 copie
The Novels of Beryl Bainbridge Volume Two: The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory Outing, and Injury Time (2018) 2 copie
The Bottle Factory Outing (BBC Radio 4 drama) — Autore — 1 copia
Any 1 copia
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie 1 copia
Goodnight Children, Everywhere 1 copia
À conquista do Polo Sul 1 copia
Opere correlate
Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals (1913) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 526 copie, 3 recensioni
Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival (Adrenaline) (2001) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Bainbridge, Beryl
- Nome legale
- Bainbridge, Beryl Margaret
- Data di nascita
- 1934-11-21
- Data di morte
- 2010-07-02
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Groot-Brittannië
- Luogo di nascita
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Merchant Taylors' Girls School
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
theatre critic
actor
novelist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Britse ridderorde (2000)
David Cohen Prize (2003) - Agente
- John Johnson Ltd
- Breve biografia
- After the publication of her breakthrough novel Harriet Said in 1972, Beryl Bainbridge became one of the grandes dames of British contemporary literature because of her prolific and successful works, original voice, and darkly funny outlook. Her biography, Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts of Means by Brendan King, was published in 2016.
Utenti
Discussioni
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE JUNE 2015 - BAINBRIDGE & BURGESS in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Luglio 2015)
2012, Quarter 2: Beryl Bainbridge in Monthly Author Reads (Mag 2012)
Recensioni
Watson's Apology: A Novel di Beryl Bainbridge
Bleh. Couldn't get into it!
Dva krátké romány výrazné anglické autorky (nar. 1934) spojují prvky dobrodružné detektivky, současné komedie mravů, ale i absurdity a černého humoru. První příběh představuje tragikokomickou frašku z prostředí přistěhovalých italských dělníků, druhý ukazuje životní i milostné zmatky a manželskou nevěru středního věku.
Friends Freda and Brenda are living together in a small flat and working in a wine bottling factory in North London in the 1970s. Their work consists of applying labels to wine bottles. Freda is single, outgoing, and assertive. Brenda is separated from her husband. She is an introvert who tries to get along with everyone. The factory owners are Italian. The majority of the workers are Italian immigrants, plus one Irishman. Freda is seeking to develop a romance with the factory owner’s son. Brenda must fend off advances from one of the (married) factory managers. The main event is a picnic for the workers. When this outing finally occurs, it takes a tragic turn.
This story is a combination of gallows humor, sexism, and classism. The characters and settings are well drawn. The prose is elegant. Primary themes are loneliness, power, and fears of immigrants at being blamed for whatever has gone wrong. It was published in 1974 and nominated for the Booker Prize. Dark humor is obviously going to be appreciated by some readers more than others. I enjoyed the writing style and plan to read more from this author.… (altro)
This story is a combination of gallows humor, sexism, and classism. The characters and settings are well drawn. The prose is elegant. Primary themes are loneliness, power, and fears of immigrants at being blamed for whatever has gone wrong. It was published in 1974 and nominated for the Booker Prize. Dark humor is obviously going to be appreciated by some readers more than others. I enjoyed the writing style and plan to read more from this author.… (altro)
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