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Elspeth Davie

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Description:Since Providings, her first novel, was first published in 1965, Elspeth Davie has gained recognition as one of the most original and individual of current British writers, winner of many major literary prizes, whose starting point is the relationship between people and things. The capacity of inanimate objects to take over and rule our lives has always fascinated her, and from her acute observation of human frailty, this Edinburgh novelist has created a special world in which writing of great stylistic distinction is coloured with humour, whimsy and poignancy. Peter Beck has left home for the first time, but 'home' in the shape of parcels of jam, sent by his mother, pursues him everywhere. The jam piles up in his bed-sitting room and his attempts to dispose of it without actually throwing it away lead him into compromising or embarrassing situations. The jam comes to dominate his life as ultimately does the furniture he sells and all the other paraphernalia with which people clutter their lives. The publishers are reissuing Elspeth Davie s first three works of fiction simultaneously in 1984 in both Britain and in the United States of America.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Providings. To get started finding Providings, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 0714506656

Description: Since Providings, her first novel, was first published in 1965, Elspeth Davie has gained recognition as one of the most original and individual of current British writers, winner of many major literary prizes, whose starting point is the relationship between people and things. The capacity of inanimate objects to take over and rule our lives has always fascinated her, and from her acute observation of human frailty, this Edinburgh novelist has created a special world in which writing of great stylistic distinction is coloured with humour, whimsy and poignancy. Peter Beck has left home for the first time, but 'home' in the shape of parcels of jam, sent by his mother, pursues him everywhere. The jam piles up in his bed-sitting room and his attempts to dispose of it without actually throwing it away lead him into compromising or embarrassing situations. The jam comes to dominate his life as ultimately does the furniture he sells and all the other paraphernalia with which people clutter their lives. The publishers are reissuing Elspeth Davie s first three works of fiction simultaneously in 1984 in both Britain and in the United States of America.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Providings. To get started finding Providings, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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