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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
May 5, 1999
Pages
160
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780395956175
ISBN-10
039595617X
Dimensions
0.25 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$14.95
§As reported by publisher
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The Gate of Angels | At Freddie's | The Blue Flower | Offshore | The Bookshop | The Means of Escape | The Beginning of Spring | Innocence | The Golden Child
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In the height of enemy bombing during World War II, a series of human dramas unfolds as the BBC transforms its concert hall into a dormitory for men and women, conflict erupts between two departmental directors, and sixteen-year-old Annie falls hopelessly in love. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
When British listeners tuned in to the BBC's Nine O'Clock News in the middle of 1940, they had no idea what human dramas-and follies-were unfolding behind the scenes. Targeted by enemy bombers, the BBC had turned its concert hall into a dormitory for both sexes, and personal chaos rivaled the political. The tense relationship between two departmental directors is at the center of Human Voices, as is Annie, a sixteen-year-old assistant who falls hopelessly in love with the monstrously selfish one. Reading this intimate glimpse behind the scenes of the BBC in its heyday, "one is left with the sensation," William Boyd wrote in London Magazine, "that this is what is was really like."
Editions
Hardcover
from Wm Collins & Sons & Co (October 1, 1980)
9780002222808 | details & prices | 176 pages | List price $13.95
About: The human voices of Penelope Fitzgerald's novel are those of the BBC in the first years of the Second World War, the time when the Concert Hall was turned into a dormitory for both sexes and the whole building became a target for the enemy bombers.
About: The human voices of Penelope Fitzgerald's novel are those of the BBC in the first years of the Second World War, the time when the Concert Hall was turned into a dormitory for both sexes and the whole building became a target for the enemy bombers.
Paperback
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (March 1, 2000)
9780786223060 | details & prices | 202 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $22.95
About: âA wonderful combination of deadpan English comedy and surreal farce.
About: âA wonderful combination of deadpan English comedy and surreal farce.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Mariner Books (May 5, 1999)
9780395956175 | details & prices | 160 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $14.95
About: In the height of enemy bombing during World War II, a series of human dramas unfolds as the BBC transforms its concert hall into a dormitory for men and women, conflict erupts between two departmental directors, and sixteen-year-old Annie falls hopelessly in love
About: In the height of enemy bombing during World War II, a series of human dramas unfolds as the BBC transforms its concert hall into a dormitory for men and women, conflict erupts between two departmental directors, and sixteen-year-old Annie falls hopelessly in love
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