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A New York Timesâ??bestselling novel of the lives, loves, and foibles of five generations of a British family occupying a manor house in Wales.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years the Quin family has lived at China Court, their magnificent estate in the Welsh countryside. The land, gardens, and breathtaking home have been maintained, cherished, and ultimately passed alongâ??from Eustace and Adza in the early nineteenth century to village-girl-turned-lady-of-the-manor Ripsie Quin, her children, and her granddaughter, Tracy, in the twentieth.
Brilliantly intermingling the past and the present, China Court is a sweeping family saga that weaves back and forth through time. The story begins at the end, in 1960, with the death of the indomitable Ripsie, whose dream of a life at the grand estate was realized through her marriage to the steadfast Quin brother who loved herâ??though he wasn't the one she had always loved.
With thrilling literary leaps across the decades, the story of a British dynasty is told in enthralling detail. It is a chronicle of wives and husbands; of mothers, sons, and daughters; of those who could never stray far from the lush grounds of China Court and the outcasts and outsiders who would never truly belong.
Bearing comparison to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Rumer Godden's novel relates the history of a family with sensitivity, wit, compassion, and a compelling touch of magical realism. A family's loves, pains, triumphs, and scandals are laid bare, forming an intricate tapestry of heart-wrenching humanity, in a remarkable work of fiction from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth centur… (altro)
È una bella storia, organizzata come un breviario con i capitoli che prendono il titolo dalla liturgia delle ore. Siamo nel 1960 e, alla morte di una vecchia signora nella sua vecchia, scomoda e quasi cadente grande casa in Cornovaglia, con l'arrivo dei parenti per la lettura del testamento, si dipana la storia di cinque generazioni di quella famiglia. Un libro pieno di amore per la casa e per le cose, preziose o meno, tramandate immutabili attraverso le generazioni, ricche di ricordi e segreti.
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For John Betjeman
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Old Mrs. Quin died in her sleep in the early hours of an August morning.
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"The stories are all different - of course, each has its time and place - yet they are all alike in that, as with every day, they must be lived through from sunrise to sunset, all the hours of the day; and as the day ends, it begins," says Mrs. Quin.
A New York Timesâ??bestselling novel of the lives, loves, and foibles of five generations of a British family occupying a manor house in Wales.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years the Quin family has lived at China Court, their magnificent estate in the Welsh countryside. The land, gardens, and breathtaking home have been maintained, cherished, and ultimately passed alongâ??from Eustace and Adza in the early nineteenth century to village-girl-turned-lady-of-the-manor Ripsie Quin, her children, and her granddaughter, Tracy, in the twentieth.
Brilliantly intermingling the past and the present, China Court is a sweeping family saga that weaves back and forth through time. The story begins at the end, in 1960, with the death of the indomitable Ripsie, whose dream of a life at the grand estate was realized through her marriage to the steadfast Quin brother who loved herâ??though he wasn't the one she had always loved.
With thrilling literary leaps across the decades, the story of a British dynasty is told in enthralling detail. It is a chronicle of wives and husbands; of mothers, sons, and daughters; of those who could never stray far from the lush grounds of China Court and the outcasts and outsiders who would never truly belong.
Bearing comparison to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Rumer Godden's novel relates the history of a family with sensitivity, wit, compassion, and a compelling touch of magical realism. A family's loves, pains, triumphs, and scandals are laid bare, forming an intricate tapestry of heart-wrenching humanity, in a remarkable work of fiction from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth centur
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È una bella storia, organizzata come un breviario con i capitoli che prendono il titolo dalla liturgia delle ore. Siamo nel 1960 e, alla morte di una vecchia signora nella sua vecchia, scomoda e quasi cadente grande casa in Cornovaglia, con l'arrivo dei parenti per la lettura del testamento, si dipana la storia di cinque generazioni di quella famiglia.
Un libro pieno di amore per la casa e per le cose, preziose o meno, tramandate immutabili attraverso le generazioni, ricche di ricordi e segreti.