Notwithstanding

Stories from an English Village

Louis de Bernières

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English

Vintage
01 July 2010

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers.

Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Berni res' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.

By: Louis de Bernières
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9780099542025
ISBN 10: 0099542021
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 July 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Louis de Bernieres is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. His most recent novels are Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter.

Reviews for Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village

A funny, astute and moving depiction of a charming vanished England -- Corrine Buxton * BBC Countryfile * A delightful collection...exquisitely told -- Clare Colvin * Daily Mail * Comic, benignly forgiving and shot through with threads of nostalgic regret * Independent * A timely examination of the charming and, at time, heart-wrenchingly sad aspects of English village life...testament to the rude health of the author's own imagination -- Adam O'Riordan * Financial Times * The creator of Captain Corelli is fond of an exotic setting and he has found one in his own backyard... The stories are sketches of lives that settle into the atmosphere of a place and make it unique -- Kate Saunders * The Times * In these stories de Bernieres casts a loveing eye on the world we have lost and invites you to share its intimacies -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *