Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido

Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido

Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way. As we follow her journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history.

'This is a gorgeous book about growing up.. it also manages to convey, with admirable lightness of touch, the dawning of a political consciousness ...A wonderful read' Observer 'A beautifully written slice of both personal and political history ... by the end of the novel, you are immersed in her world and simply never want to leave it' Guardian 'A blissfully funny sequence of portraits, family upon family, vignette upon vignette' Daily Telegraph 'I love Barbara Trapido and I adore her books' Carole Shields

Barbara Trapido was born in South Africa and is the author of five novels. She lives in Oxford.

SKU	Non disponible
ISBN 13	9780747568148
ISBN 10	0747568146
Titre	Frankie and Stankie
Auteur	Barbara Trapido
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Année de publication	2004-04-05
Nombre de pages	320
Prix	Short-listed for Whitbread Prize (Novel) 2003
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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