{"product_id":"moon-tiger-paperback-1","title":"Moon Tiger (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nClaudia 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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPenelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/i\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003ePassing On\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, and many are published by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like L.P. Hartley's \u003ci\u003eThe Go-Between,\u003c\/i\u003e also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'It's a fine, intelligent piece of work, the kind that Leaves its traces in the air long after you've put it away'\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAnne Tyler\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'Funny, thoughtful ... a perfect example of the Lively art'\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMark Lawson, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Penelope Lively","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705687118002,"sku":"141188316","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/4733_60cc6d0ceca7d7.42453411_9780141188317_17d7de10-97db-4f1a-8c4a-1cc5a7b529f6.jpg?v=1673078899","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/moon-tiger-paperback-1","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}