by Jane Gardam · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114064
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«God on the Rocks» is Jane Gardam's coming-of-age novel, published by Penguin in paperback (160 pages, in English).
In an interwar summer on the English coast, Margaret Marsh, an eight-year-old girl, observes the adult world: her father preaching the doctrine of the Primal Saints, her mother anchored in nostalgia, and the new maid, young and foul-mouthed. The story portrays the end of childhood, faith in crisis, and sexual awakening.
The novel was originally published in 1978 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. Jane Gardam has won the Whitbread Award twice.
For readers of literary fiction and twentieth-century British narrative who appreciate coming-of-age stories with humour and sharpness.
Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2005.
