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- 1993
- year of publication
- 440
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Hardcover
- cover
- Publisher
- Everyman
- ISBN-13
- 978-18-5715-152-7
- EAN
- 9781857151527
- Publication date
- 1993-05-20
- Book
- The Awkward Age · 4 editions
The publisher on this edition
The story of young Nanda Brookenham's struggle to preserve her honesty in the brilliant but corrupt world of her parents is a drama of innocence betrayed yet preserved. Written when James was recovering from the shock od failure as a playwright, THE AWKWARD AGE is one of his greatest masterpieces. Conceived like a play terms of scenes and conducted largely through witty dialogue, the novel bears the triumphant signs of his painful apprenticeship in the theatre
