Louis de Bernières
Margaret Reynolds, Jonathan Noakes
  • Published: 1 October 2002
  • ISBN: 9780099437574
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $24.99

Louis de Bernières

The Essential Guide

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This series provides readers of all kinds with an introduction to Louis de Bernières and some of the most exciting works in contemporary literature, including Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman, Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord and The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts.

In Vintage Living Texts teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Louis de Bernières. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with Louis de Bernières, relating specifically to the texts under discussion.

This guide will deal with de Bernières' themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will be accompanied with likely exam questions, and contexts and comparisons - as well as providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

Also included in this guide are detailed reading plans for all four novels, questions for essays and discussion, contextual material, suggested texts for complimentary and comparative reading, extracts from reviews, a biography, a bibliography and a glossary of literary terms.
  • Published: 1 October 2002
  • ISBN: 9780099437574
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the authors

Margaret Reynolds

Margaret Reynolds is a writer, academic, critic and broadcaster: her previous books include The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories, The Sappho Companion and Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology and a series of study guides on contemporary writers, Vintage Living Texts.

Jonathan Noakes

The Series Editors of Vintage Living Texts have, between them, more than thirty years teaching experience at senior school and undergraduate level. Their association with Vintage - and with the Vintage authors - guarantees a series that is lively and informative and fun.