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Alone in the Classroom

Autor Elizabeth Hay
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2013
In a small prairie school in 1929, Connie Flood helps a backward student, Michael Graves, learn how to read. Observing them and darkening their lives is the principal, Parley Burns, whose strange behaviour culminates in an attack so disturbing its repercussions continue to the present day...
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780857386434
ISBN-10: 0857386433
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 132 x 197 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Quercus Books

Notă biografică

Elizabeth Hay is the author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel Late Nights On Air as well as three other award-winning works of fiction. Formerly a radio broadcaster, she has spent time in Mexico and New York City, and now lives in Ottawa.

Recenzii

'A highly accomplished and resourceful writer' Paul Binding, Spectator. 'The villain, Principal Parley Burns, who moves through the school 'like mustard gas in subtle form', is one of the most memorable villains I've ever encountered' Laura Wilson, Guardian. 'Unforgettable characters, in particular the brave, resolute Connie Flood' Jessica Mann, Literary Review.

'A highly accomplished and resourceful writer' Paul Binding, Spectator. 'The villain, Principal Parley Burns, who moves through the school 'like mustard gas in subtle form', is one of the most memorable villains I've ever encountered' Laura Wilson, Guardian. 'Unforgettable characters, in particular the brave, resolute Connie Flood' Jessica Mann, Literary Review. 'A complex story, in which Lemaitre manipulates the reader's sympathy and expectations with pitiless skill' Times Literary Supplement. 'Lemaitre skilfully communicates the thoughts of a man driven to prove himself bigger than those around him ... It is quickly apparent that Lemaitre is worthy of all the fuss' Independent.