A Corner of Paradise - Hardcover
Peter Davies recreates the sounds, sights and smells of rural Shropshire after the Second World War. It was a time of simple pleasure and innocent discovery, enthusiasm as well as sadness, encompassing the poignancy of young love and the tragic death of Peter's father. His youth was populated by characters as colorful as John the Waggoner and as engaging as Lisbet the Danish visitor who played the 'cello. His recollections are lyrical and heartfelt but conveyed without sentimentality in an affectionate but discerning recreation of adolescence.
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Peter J. Davies is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield.
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Peter Davies recalls his youth in rural Shropshire after WWII. In this brief account of family, friends and acquaintances, narrator Timothy Davies summons the perceptions and sounds of a time gone by. His low-pitched, hearty English accent projects each character and moment shared with a wholesome sincerity. B.J.L. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherAndre Deutsch Ltd
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0233987657
- ISBN 13 9780233987651
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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