When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
It is April 1946. Evelyn Sert, 20 years old, a hairdresser from Soho sails for Palestine where Jewish refugees and idealists are gathering from across Europe to start a new life in a brand new country.
When I Lived in Modern Times
Summary
Evelyn Sert journeys to Tel Aviv, where Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany are determined to forge a modern consciousness in the heart of the Middle East. Her story weaves together national identity, terrorism, love and the art of hairdressing.
When I Lived in Modern Times Summary
About Linda Grant
Linda Grant was born in Liverpool and read English at the University of York. She is a columnist and feature writer on the Guardian and is the author of The Cast Iron Shore and Remind Me Who I Am Again, both available as Granta paperbacks.
Additional information
GOR001206038
9781862074040
1862074046
When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Granta Books
20001009
272
Winner of Orange Prize for Fiction 2000 Short-listed for Orange Youth Panel Prize 2010 Short-listed for Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize: Fiction 2000
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