- Utopias, English fiction, 20th century general fiction, Fiction
De fantastische en humoristische verwikkelingen rondom de inwoners van een dorpje in een fictief Zuidamerikaans land, die het aan de stok krijgen met een troep soldaten.
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- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Louis de Bernières
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 376
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Vintage, Vintage International/Vintage Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- French, gre, English, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9789602743232
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Louis de Bernieres was born in London in 1954. After graduating in Philosophy from the Victoria University of Manchester, he took a postgraduate certificate in Education at Leicester Polytechnic and passed his MA, with distinction, at the University of London. He has held various jobs: landscape gardener, mechanic, officer cadet at Sandhurst and schoolteacher in both Colombia and England. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.louisdebernieres.co.uk/about-1.html
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