The Clock Winder
$26.74
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
8 February 1989
Summary
A striking and joyous new look for the novels of one of the greatest storytellers of our time
‘Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age’ Daily Mail
Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, with their seven adult children, have a reputation for craziness, and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099469605 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 009946960X |
| Author: | Anne Tyler |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 1989 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Arena Books |
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Critics Review
Delicate, unpretentious and highly enjoyable
Delicate, unpretentious and highly enjoyable * Daily Telegraph *
Tyler writes skilfully, with a detached air and a precise eye for detail * New Statesman *
She writes with virtuosity, confidence and perfect insight and compassion * The Times *
Anne Tyler is brilliant * New York Times Book Review *
Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Her bestselling novels include:
- Breathing Lessons
- The Accidental Tourist
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- Ladder of Years
- A Spool of Blue Thread
- Redhead by the Side of the Road
- Three Days in June
She has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. She has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as ‘the greatest novelist writing in English’.
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