reach the middle of the eighties, Ebenezer Le Page feels the need to retrace his life spent entirely in the beloved island of Guernsey. So begins the story unforgettable, often hilarious but always passionate, a life lived with pride and independence within a family very numerous and bizarre, surrounded by friends and ardent diehard enemies, loves being chased and lost, suffering personal and collective, of memorable picaresque adventures. Through the wonderful microcosm of the island, GB Edwards gives us a look also on the original wide world and the major events in the history of Europe's 900, with the loss of life suffered in the Great War, during the German occupation of the island World War II, the arrival of the economic boom, with its mirage of wealth, the invasion of tourists and the progressive unstoppable corruption of values \u200b\u200band feelings. A novel that is already a classic, filled with an infinite memory Dickensian gallery of characters, whose adventures the reader will hardly be able to forget.
Title: The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
Author: Gerald B. Edwards
Editions: Rays
Publication date: 2007
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