Woodbrook / David Thomson.
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TextLanguage: English Great Britain : Vintage , 2002©1974 Description: 322 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 009935991X (paperback)Subject(s): Thomson, David, 1914-1988 | Authors, Scottish -- 20th century -- BiographyLOC classification: PR6070.H677 Z52 2002Summary: Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. It has been owned since the seventeenth century by the Anglo-Irish Kirkwoods. In 1932, David Thomson, aged eighteen, went there are a tutor. He stayed for ten years.This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil. In it he builds up a delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. Above all, his story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement.--Back cover.
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | PR 6070 .H677 Z52 2002 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | Bağışlayan: MEF International School | 0010315 |
Originally published: London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1974.
Includes bibliographical references.
Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. It has been owned since the seventeenth century by the Anglo-Irish Kirkwoods. In 1932, David Thomson, aged eighteen, went there are a tutor. He stayed for ten years.This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil. In it he builds up a delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. Above all, his story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement.--Back cover.