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| Title | : | Moon Tiger |
| Author | : | Penelope Lively |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | September 18th 1997 by Grove Press (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Penelope Lively
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.83 | 11667 Users | 991 Reviews
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The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history; lies alone in a London hospital bed. Memories of her life still glow in her fading consciousness, but she imagines writing a history of the world. Instead, Moon Tiger is her own history, the life of a strong, independent woman, with its often contentious relations with family and friends. At its center — forever frozen in time, the still point of her turning world — is the cruelly truncated affair with Tom, a British tank commander whom Claudia knew as a reporter in Egypt during World War II.List Books Concering Moon Tiger
| Original Title: | Moon Tiger |
| ISBN: | 0802135331 (ISBN13: 9780802135339) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Claudia Hampton |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize (1987), Golden Man Booker Prize Nominee (2018) |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 11667 Users | 991 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books Moon Tiger
If this novel had not been chosen as the group read for December 2018 by the ManBookering group here on GR, I would have missed this splendid book! It is strange, but I had never heard of Penelope Lively nor of this Booker Prize winner of 1987 and I would surely have forever missed this masterpiece if not for its choice of the group read. I simply adored this book. I cannot express how connected I felt to Claudia, that stubborn woman with a mighty tough attitude. Her story is told in aAs soon as I read the synopsis of Moon Tiger I knew I was going to enjoy it. An elderly woman in her hospital bed, dying of cancer, recaps the story of her life, and a very interesting life at that. I liked Claudia very much. She had her faults but she was also captivating, intelligent and larger than life. The author writes beautifully and her descriptions of Egypt made me feel as if I was there. The piece towards the end when Claudia reads Tom's description of the war in the desert is an
Claudia Hampton speaks to me of wars fought in distant lands, of the ever-persistent forward march of humanity in the quest for collective betterment, of stories unknowingly buried forever in the catacombs of time and never unearthed, of the people we carry in our hearts wherever we go, of the history of the world intertwined with our own. Claudia tries to make sense of the cacophony of voices inside her head and outside, of conflicting opinions colliding violently creating sparks that burn down
I just finished this book. It was tremendous. I wish I had someone to talk with about it. It's a constant deficiency in my life that I read something that moves me and there is no one around with whom I can discuss it.I've only recently discovered Penelope Lively. I think I read a review of her book HOW IT ALL BEGAN in ArtForum. It was terrific and I decided I wanted to read the Man Booker winner, MOON TIGER. Even better. The subtly, the humor, the unique voice -- it is no surprise to me this
Reading Moon Tiger is a catalyst for drifting into ones own memories. A woman lays dying in a hospital bed. Back and forth her thoughts carry her. Back she goes to the places she knew well, for many were the hours spent there. She drifts and loses time as she re enters scenes of passion, love, loss, disappointment and failure. A complex and flawed human she can now see herself for who she is. Visitors come and add messages to her memories. As she really hears and feels the messages from others
Long before The English Patient there was this very taut novel about WWII in north Africa. There isn't a wasted word in the entire novel and while you may not always sympathize with the main character (Claudia), you will enjoy her razor-sharp wit. Her daughter is portrayed as a dull product of a love affair but Lively doesn't allow that to go on either, allowing the daughter to have her say. I've read this countless times because Lively is a master or rather mistress of economy with words and
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively. . . everything can be retrieved, . . . a lifetime is not linear but instant. . . . inside the head, everything happens at once. (68)That quote describes both the plot and structure of this stunning book.Claudia Hampton is 76 and dying, and as she dies, she tells the story of her worldall its failures, successes, loves (forbidden and lost), peoples, times, and points of view. She jumps from first person to third to different first persons, and it is not the least
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