by Anita Brookner · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140234060
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«A Family Romance» is the novel by Anita Brookner, published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (224 pages, in English).
The story pits two women from the same family against each other, Jane and Dolly, who represent opposite ways of life: Jane is a solitary academic clinging to the past, while Dolly, her aunt by marriage, is a hedonistic woman who lives only in the present. After both are left destitute by the death of the relatives who bound them together, they become entangled in an uneasy alliance in which money, conscience, and the need for affection redefine family ties.
Novel also known by its original title «Dolly».
Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac.
