Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village

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A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers. Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Berni res' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.

Author: Louis de Bernieres
Format: Paperback, 400 pages, 131mm x 198mm, 276 g
Published: 2010, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: Short Stories & Fiction Anthologies

Description
A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers. Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Berni res' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.