RoadtotheDales:TheStoryofaYorkshireLad(FrenchEdition)

作者 Gervase Phinn著
出版社 MichaelJoseph
出版时间 2011年3月
ISBN 9780141026725
定价 95.70

内容简介

Bestknownforhishilariousandcharmingtalesoflifeasateacherandschoolinspector,GervasePhinngivesauniqueglimpseofhisownchildhood:oflifegrowingupinapre-war,red-brickhouse(withaninsideloo)inRotherham.Providingamagicalportraitofgrowingupin1950sYorkshire,Gervasetellsofhisthreesiblings,motherandfather;ofadventurousschooldaysandholidays;aswellashistentativestepsintotheadultworld.Therearealsonumerousuproariousandcaptivatingstories:includinganincidentinvolvingabrokengreenhouse,crashinghisbrother'snewlyrestoredbike,aswellassecretsabouthisfirstdates,familytripstoBlackpool.Withawickedearforthecomical,andasharpeyefordetail,thisbeautifullywrittenmemoirvisitspoignantmoments,significanteventsandpreciousmemoriesfromaboycalledGervase.

作者简介

GervasePhinnisateacher,freelancelecturer,author,poet,schoolinspector,educationalconsultantandvisitingprofessorofeducation-butnoneoftheseismoreimportantthanhisfamily.Forfourteenyearshetaughtinarangeofschools,thenactedasGeneralAdvisorforLanguageDevelopmentinRotherhambeforemovingontoNorthYorkshire,wherehespenttenyearsasaschoolinspector-timethathasprovidedsomuchsourcematerialforhisbooks.HeisaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofArtsandanHonoraryFellowofStJohn'sCollege,York.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

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