Moon Tiger Av Penelope Lively

<p>Winner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively''s <i>Moon Tiger</i> is the tale of a historian confronting her own, personal history, unearthing the passions and pains that have defined her life. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Anthony Thwaite.<br><br>Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: ''a history of the world ... and in the process, my own''. Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is Gordon, her adored brother; Jasper, the charming, untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa, her cool, conventional daughter; and Tom, her one great love, both found and lost in wartime Egypt. Penelope Lively''s Booker Prize-winning novel weaves an exquisite mesh of memories, flashbacks and shifting voices, in a haunting story of loss and desire.<br><br>Penelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, <i>The Road to Lichfield</i>, and again in 1984 for <i>According to Mark</i>. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel <i>Moon Tiger</i>. Her novels include <i>Passing On</i>, <i>City of the Mind</i>, <i>Cleopatra''s Sister</i> and <i>Heat Wave</i>, and many are published by Penguin.<br><br>If you enjoyed <i>Moon Tiger</i>, you might like L.P. Hartley''s <i>The Go-Between,</i> also available in Penguin Modern Classics.<br><br>''It''s a fine, intelligent piece of work, the kind that Leaves its traces in the air long after you''ve put it away''<br>Anne Tyler<br><br>''Funny, thoughtful ... a perfect example of the Lively art'' <br>Mark Lawson, <i>Independent</i></p>