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Michèle Roberts

Auteur van Daughters of the House

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Poet and novelist Michele Roberts was born in Hertfordshire, England and graduated from Oxford University. She has written two volumes of poetry (The Mirror of the Mother and Psyche and the Hurricane), a collection of short stories (During Mother's Absence) and several novels (including Daughters toon meer of the House, winner of the W. H. Smith Literary Award). (Bowker Author Biography) Half English & half French, Michele Roberts divides her time between London & Mayenne, France. She is the author of eleven highly acclaimed novels, including "Fair Exchange" & "Daughters of the House", which won the WH Smith Literary Award & was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. (Publisher Provided) toon minder

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Werken van Michèle Roberts

Daughters of the House (1992) 323 exemplaren
Fair Exchange (1999) 135 exemplaren
Impossible Saints (1997) 105 exemplaren
Ignorance (2013) 102 exemplaren
Playing Sardines (2001) 91 exemplaren
The Looking Glass (2000) 82 exemplaren
The Wild Girl (1984) 68 exemplaren
The Walworth Beauty (2017) 66 exemplaren
Flesh and Blood (1994) 63 exemplaren
A Piece of the Night (1978) 61 exemplaren
The Mistressclass (2003) 57 exemplaren
During Mother's Absence (1993) 50 exemplaren
The Visitation (1983) 50 exemplaren
Reader, I Married Him (1600) 49 exemplaren
The Book of Mrs. Noah (1993) 33 exemplaren
In the Red Kitchen (1990) 31 exemplaren
Mud: Stories of Sex and Love (2010) 15 exemplaren
God's House (1996) 11 exemplaren
Wooing Mr. Wickham (2011) — Introductie — 10 exemplaren
The Alphabet Garden: European Short Stories (1994) — Auteur — 7 exemplaren
The Mirror of the Mother (1986) 6 exemplaren
Delusion: a novel (2008) 4 exemplaren
Dark city light city (2007) 3 exemplaren
Psyche and the Hurricane (1991) 3 exemplaren
Cut Out (2021) 3 exemplaren
The Semi-Transparent Envelope (1994) 2 exemplaren
The Walworth Beauty 1 exemplaar
Madame Bovary 1 exemplaar

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Algemene kennis

Officiële naam
Roberts, Michèle Brigitte
Geboortedatum
1949-05-20
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Woonplaatsen
Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
Bangkok, Thailand
Mayenne, France
London, England, UK
Opleiding
Somerville College, Oxford
University College London
Beroepen
novelist
poet
librarian
Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing
Organisaties
British Council
University of East Anglia
Nottingham Trent University
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Agent
Ayesha Karim
Korte biografie
Michèle Roberts is the author of twelve highly acclaimed novels, including The Looking Glass and Daughters of the House which won the WHSmith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her memoir Paper Houses was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in June 2007. She has also published poetry and short stories, most recently collected in Mud- stories of sex and love (2010). Half-English and half-French, Michèle Roberts lives in London and in the Mayenne, France. She is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.

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This novel read like a love letter to London and I've given it 7/10 mostly for this. I walked its streets, corners and alleys in 1851 and in the 21st century, getting to know Walworth and the city. Michele Robertis has a fantastic sense of the place and conveys that well. The two stories, that intertwine, between Joseph in 1851 and Madeleine in the 21st century weave along in the odd and unexpected way that people's lives go and both characters walked miles around the city, my preferred way of getting around and this gave the novel a step by step flow. While, for me, Madeleine seemed a friendly and warm person, Joseph comes from a different time and while has some sympathetic characteristics is more difficult to like with his lack of fidelity and sympathy. A love of cooking and good food peppers the pages in both ages and once Joseph is able to be someone else he becomes more likeable. As well as Apricot Place, objects appear in 1851 and the 21st century, including a turquoise jar and an earring giving readers a sense of how the past touches our lives in a literal sense. I found the ending slightly disappointing as it seemed to be building up to something more.… (meer)
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CarolKub | 7 andere besprekingen | Jan 7, 2023 |
Two adolescent cousins are growing up together in a family home in 1960s Normandy. It was quite beguilingly written, but the short, choppy chapters, bringing in hints of stories, left me kind of bemused. There's a heady mix of teenage hormones, a war time atrocity, a family secret and a mysterious old shrine in the woods...Didnt quite engage me.
 
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starbox | 9 andere besprekingen | Apr 24, 2021 |
While the book tried to evoke Victorian Southwark, and succeeded to some extent, I had very little sympathy for the protagonist. Most of the characters were sketchy. I had great hopes for learning more about Mayhew, who created the book still referenced today about the poor of London, but he was just used as the boss who fires Joseph. The novel goes back and forth between Victorian and contemporary times, and although there are a few intriguing threads between the two, it is not "An atmospheric ghost story" (according to the Mail on Sunday, quoted on the cover), but just a story.… (meer)
 
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lisahistory | 7 andere besprekingen | Oct 12, 2019 |
(8.5) This was just the story I needed to draw me back into reading after a very busy family time. At only 172 pages , it was a quick and very satisfying read about life in a village in France, post the Second World War. I was soon intrigued by where this book was taking the reader. This is the first book I have read by this author and it won't be long before I pick up another I have on my shelves.
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Werken
35
Ook door
18
Leden
1,529
Populariteit
#16,829
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
40
ISBNs
98
Talen
3
Favoriet
2

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