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Annabel Abbs (Author)
The Joyce Girl
Editura: WILLIAM MORROW
Anul aparitiei: 2020
"Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the 20th century's most astonishing creative moments, researched it deeply, and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly-imagined life."--Emma Darwin, bestselling author of A Secret Alchemy and The Mathematics of LoveFor readers who adored novels like The Paris Wife, Z, and Loving Frank, comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel, where she spins the story of James Joyce's fascinating, and tragic, daughter, Lucia. "When she reaches her full capacity for rhythmic dancing, James Joyce may yet be known as his daughter's father . . ." The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved. Lucia is both gifted and motivated, training tirelessly with some of the ...
The Joyce Girl Lib/E
Editura: HARPERCOLLINS
For readers who adored novels like The Paris Wife, Z, and Loving Frank, comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel, where she spins the story of James Joyce's fascinating, and tragic, daughter, Lucia."When she reaches her full capacity for rhythmic dancing, James Joyce may yet be known as his daughter's father . . ."The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved.Lucia is both gifted and motivated, training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her father delights in his daughter's talent, she clashes with her mother, Nora. And as her relationship with Beckett sours, Lucia's dreams unravel, as does her hope of a life beyond her father's shadow.With Lucia's behavior growing increasingly erratic, James Joyce sends her to pioneering ...
Abbs Annabel
Editura: Impress Books
Anul aparitiei: 2016
Page dim. 146 x 211 x 37 Weight: 442 grams
Frieda the original Lady Chatterley
Editura: John Murray Press
Anul aparitiei: 2019
The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, a German aristocrat whose affair with the penniless, ambitious English writer, D. H. Lawrence, shocked society and inspired his classic novel Lady Chatterley's Lover Page dim. 192 x 129 x 25 Weight: 270 grams
Frieda a novel of the real Lady Chatterley
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Anul aparitiei: 2018
The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, a German aristocrat whose affair with the penniless, ambitious English writer, D. H. Lawrence, shocked society and inspired his classic novel Lady Chatterley's Lover Page dim. 154 x 233 x 29 Weight: 494 grams
The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year pick. The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, a German aristocrat whose affair with the penniless, ambitious English writer, D. H. Lawrence, shocked society and inspired his classic novel Lady Chatterley's Lover Page dim. 217 x 152 x 33 Weight: 470 grams
Windswept
Editura: TIN HOUSE BOOKS
Anul aparitiei: 2021
Award-winning author Annabel Abbs's Windswept is a beautifully written meditation and me
Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERGood Housekeeping Book Club Pick * A Country Living Best Book of Fall * A Washington Post Best Feel-Good Book of the Year * One of the New York Times's Best Historical Fiction Novels of FallIn a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor's A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, returns with the brilliant real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbooks around the world.Before Mrs. Beeton and well before Julia Child, there was Eliza Acton, who changed the course of cookery writing forever.England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refuses--until her bankrupt father is forced to flee the country. As a woman, Eliza has few options. Although she's never set foot in a kitchen, she begins collecting recipes and teaching herself to cook. Much to her surprise she discovers a talent - and a passion - for the culinary arts.Eliza hires young, destitute Ann Kirby ...
Miss Eliza's English Kitchen Lib/E: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship
In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor's A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories
Editura: THORNDIKE PR
Anul aparitiei: 2022
El Libro de Cocina de la Se
Editura: PLANETA PUB
Una maravillosa historia de amistad forjada al calor de una cocina Inglaterra, 1837.
The Language of Food "Mouth-watering and sensuous, a real feast for the imagination" BRIDGET COLLINS
Editura: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food. Page dim. 153 x 234 x 30 Weight: 470 grams
Anul aparitiei: 2023
Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food. Page dim. 198 x 130 Weight: 470 grams
Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food. Page dim. 225 x 144 x 32 Weight: 468 grams
Windswept why women walk
A feminist exploration of the power of walking in nature, following in the footsteps of Gwen John, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frieda Lawrence, Clara Vyvyan, Simone de Beauvoir and Nan Shepherd. Page dim. 145 x 224 x 33 Weight: 426 grams
A feminist exploration of the power of walking in nature, following in the footsteps of Gwen John, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frieda Lawrence, Clara Vyvyan, Simone de Beauvoir and Nan Shepherd. Page dim. 131 x 196 x 25 Weight: 230 grams