by Anita Brookner · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679745785
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«Dolly» is the novel by Anita Brookner, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Jane Manning, discreet and shy, sees her life change when her elegant and selfish aunt Dolly enters the scene. Fascinated and horrified at once, Jane ends up bound to her by family and financial ties. The story shows an uncomfortable relationship where affection coexists with rejection, with questions about female identity and desire.
It belongs to the Vintage Contemporaries editorial series; this edition is from 1995.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary British narrative, with an interest in family portraits and complex female characters.
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.
