The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
Tue 5 Nov 2024, 1:30 pm - Tue 3 Dec 2024, 3:30 pm
An elegant short novel about Florence Green, a “small, wispy and wiry” widow who in 1959 is determined to open a bookshop in a small seaside town, against polite but ruthless local opposition. Penelope Fitzgerald is herself a true original, a superb and perceptive chronicler of eccentricity as well as conformity, with a firm moral compass. This is a novel for all of us who love books, bookshops and the Suffolk coast!
Event Information
Price: £75
Course Weeks: 5
Room: Brunt Room
Campaign: Autumn Term 2024
Your Tutor
Name: Margaret Norwich
Bio: Margaret Norwich studied liberal arts at Vassar College, New York and read English at Girton College, Cambridge. She has worked in publishing, higher education and the voluntary sector. She lectured on English Language & Literature for many years at Bedford College/De Montfort University and was Tutor/Organiser for the WEA in Bedfordshire. Her interests include the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the novels of Hilary Mantel, the plays of Tom Stoppard, and the redemptive power of art, music and literature.
