Brief Lives

Brief LivesBy: Anita Brookner With this novel, Booker Prize winning author Anita Brookner confirms her reputation as an unparalleled observer of social nuance and deeply felt longings. Brief Lives chronicles an unlikely friendship: that between the flamboyant, monstrously egocentric Julia and the modest, self effacing Fay, who is at once fascinated and appalled by Julia's excesses. Thrust together by their husbands' business partnership and by a guilty secret

layered perspective to all he encounters

quotes and commentary throughout

and Web sites

This chapter explores the plants

From the dazzling costumes of the Rio Carnival to the role of the elephants in Sri Lanka's Esala Perahera

Eric Thomas finally knew who he was and where he was going

Packed with amazing Scarry detail and with stories that can be read again and again

She has previously worked at Booktrust and also writes YA as Katherine Webber

for older readers

and their relatives

作者：小牛頓科學教育有限公司編輯團隊 ｜繪者： 譚婷

decorating the Christmas tree and opening presents on Christmas morning