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Pastoral

Shute, Nevil
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099530138
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
174 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Shute, Nevil

Biographical note

Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

Pastoral

Shute, Nevil
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
Shute, Nevil
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
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One of the happiest books which war has called into being
A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099530138
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
174 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Shute, Nevil

Biographical note

Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

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