Moon Tiger

Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively • Grove Press

ISBN-10: 0802135331 · ISBN-13: 978‑0802135339 · 1997 · Trade Paperback

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Penelope Lively’s Booker Prize-winning novel weaves a complex tapestry of memory and history through the perspective of Claudia Hampton, a journalist reflecting on her life from a hospital bed. The narrative moves fluidly between her experiences as a war correspondent in Egypt during World War II and her subsequent personal relationships, examining how individual narratives are constructed and reconstructed over time. This edition captures the intricate interplay between objective historical events and the subjective nature of human recollection.

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