Revista Quinchamalí

Revista de literatura Chile

A Tug On The Thread

Sinopsis del Libro

Libro A Tug On The Thread

As an actress, Diana Quick was forever trying on the mask of other people's lives - raiding her own memory to service the character she was playing. Coming from a large, noisy family in Kent that seemed to be plain-speaking and straightforward, she was astonished to find on her beloved father's death that his childhood in India was far from idyllic. She was then thunderstruck to hear that he was to have a requiem mass. She had no idea he was Catholic. She discovered that his stepmother had got rid of him and his sister upon marrying his father and that he had grown up in almost total separation from his family. In the India office library she found records of a whole extended family she knew nothing about. Her search for the Quicks in India found roots that go back to Calcutta in the early 18th century. This is a story of a search for a past, the search for an understanding of exile and denial, and also the story of a very fine actress who has always had a sense of not quite belonging.

Ficha del Libro

Titulo Alternativo : From the British Raj to the British Stage: A Family Memoir

Total de páginas 288

Autor:

  • Diana Quick

Categoría:

Formatos Disponibles:

MOBI, EPUB, PDF

Descargar Libro

Valoración

Popular

3.6

65 Valoraciones Totales


Libros similares de Biografía

Metallica

Libro Metallica

From the graphic novel experts Brian Williamson and Jim McCarthy comes a new explosive book about the legendary heavy metal band Metallica. From their initial underground success to their Grammy wins and selling over 100 million albums, Metallica: Nothing Else Matters takes an emotional journey over two decades.

Del nord i del sud

Libro Del nord i del sud

Un profesor, en el otoño de la vida, escribe sobre sus preocupaciones e inquietudes profesionales y personales. La tarea de enseñar, el papel de la economía, los grandes temas como el desnivel entre el norte desarrollado y el sur empobrecido o emergente o la mirada hacia las realidades más inmediatas son algunos de los elementos de este tapiz de reflexiones sobre el mundo contemporáneo. Un papel especial tienen las observaciones sobre la evolución económica y social desde la gran etapa expansiva ligada a la globalización económica y financiera hasta la entrada en la gran recesión y...

San Vicente Ferrer, su mundo y su vida

Libro San Vicente Ferrer, su mundo y su vida

Esta obra reevalúa los motivos, métodos e impacto del controvertido predicador, trazando el viaje de Ferrer desde el oscuro lógico hasta el ángel del apocalipsis, como se le conocía. Al mismo tiempo, el libro ofrece nuevas perspectivas sobre la profundidad y la amplitud de la anticipación apocalíptica medieval tardía, y sobre los procesos que finalmente condujeron a las expulsiones de judíos y musulmanes de España.

Apuntes De Epigrafía Mexicana: Breve Colección De Inscripciones Diversas, Acompañadas De Algunas Noticias Históricas, Descriptivas, Biográficas Y Bib

Libro Apuntes De Epigrafía Mexicana: Breve Colección De Inscripciones Diversas, Acompañadas De Algunas Noticias Históricas, Descriptivas, Biográficas Y Bib

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Libros Destacados



Últimas Búsquedas


Categorías Destacadas