by Anita Brookner · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140147438
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«A Start in Life» is the novel by Anita Brookner, published by Penguin in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Ruth Weiss takes refuge in books from childhood to escape suffocating parents and seeks affection from lovers and friends. Now an adult devoted to the study of Balzac, she discovers that literature has shaped her life and that she needs a new beginning.
The novel was originally published in London by Cape in 1981; this Penguin edition dates from 1991.
Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac.
