by Beryl Bainbridge · Cine Book · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492072408
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An Awfully Big Adventure is a novel by Beryl Bainbridge set in Liverpool in 1950. The story follows Stella, a young woman who seeks to escape her monotonous family life and finds work as an assistant stage manager in a theater company preparing the play Peter Pan. Stella falls in love with the director, Meredith Potter, and becomes involved in the tense atmosphere of the company. The arrival of P.L O'Hara, who will play Captain Hook, further complicates the situation, generating conflicts and rivalries.
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as a national treasure. In 2008, The Times named Bainbridge on their list of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".
