School for Love (New York Review Books Classics)

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School for Love (New York Review Books Classics)
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Jerusalem in 1945 is a city in flux: refugees from the war in Europe fill its streets and cafÃ©s, the British colonial mandate is coming to an end, and tensions are on the rise between the Arab and Jewish populations. Felix Latimer, a recently orphaned teenager, arrives in Jerusalem from Baghdad, biding time until he can secure passage to England. Adrift and deeply lonely, Felix has no choice but to room in a boardinghouse run by Miss Bohun, a relative he has never met. Miss Bohun is a holy terror, a cheerless miser who proclaims the ideals of a fundamentalist group known as the Ever-Readiesâ€”joy, charity, and loveâ€”even as she makes life a misery for her boarders. Then Mrs. Ellis, a fascinating young widow, moves into the house and disrupts its dreary routine for good.
Olivia Manningâ€™s great subject is the lives of ordinary people caught up in history. Here, as in her panoramic depiction of World War II, The Balkan Trilogy, she offers a rich and psychologically nuanced story of life on the precipice, and she tells it with equal parts compassion, skepticism, and humor.

Country	USA
Author	Olivia Manning
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: NYRB Classics
EAN	9781590173039
ISBN	1590173031
Label	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	232
PublicationDate	2009-02-03
Publisher	NYRB Classics
ReleaseDate	2009-02-03
Studio	NYRB Classics

School for Love (New York Review Books Classics)

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