A01=Bernice Rubens
Author_Bernice Rubens
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rubens new edition 50th anniversary edition special gift book
Product details
- ISBN 9780349144344
- Weight: 189g
- Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 03 Sep 2020
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Norman is the clever one of a close-knit Jewish family in the East End of London. Infant prodigy; brilliant barrister; the apple of his parents' eyes . . . until at forty-one he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia.
For Norman, his committal to a mental hospital represents the ultimate act of betrayal. For Rbbi Zweck, Norman's father, his son's deterioration is a bitter reminder of his own guilt and failure. Only Bella, the unmarried sister, still in her childhood white ankle socks, can reach across the abyss of pain to bring father and son the elusive peace which they both desperately crave.
Bernice Rubens was born is Wales and worked as both a writer and a film maker. She is the winner of the Booker Prize for The Elected Member, and was shortlisted for the same prize for a subsequent novel: A Five Year Sentence. She died in 2004.
