Troy Pdf Adele Geras
Inside the ancient city of Troy, the cries belong to the women of Troy who have seen their menfolk die and suffer before their eyes. This is the story of two sisters. Marpessa, the younger, is gifted with God-sight and can see the Immortals. She is handmaiden to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. Troy by Adele Geras and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Troy by Adele Geras - AbeBooks abebooks.com Passion for books.
| Born | 15 March 1944 (age 75)[1] Jerusalem |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1975–present |
| Genre | Adult and children's literature, poetry |
| Website | |
| adelegeras.com | |
Adèle GerasFRSL (born 15 March 1944)[1] is an English writer for young children, teens and adults. Where are fonts saved in windows 10.
Early life[edit]
Geras was born in Jerusalem, British Mandatory Palestine. Her father was in the Colonial Service and she had a varied childhood, living in countries such as Nigeria, Cyprus, Tanganyika (now the mainland part of Tanzania), Gambia and British North Borneo in a short span of time. She attended Roedean School in Brighton and then graduated from St Hilda's College, Oxford with a degree in Modern Languages. She was known for her stage and vocal talents, but decided instead to become a full-time writer.[2]
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Work[edit]
Geras's first book was Tea at Mrs Manderby's, which was published in 1976. Her first full-length novel was The Girls in the Velvet Frame. She has written more than 95 books for children, young adults, and adults. Other works include Troy (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal) Ithaka, Happy Ever After (previously published as the Egerton Hall Trilogy), Silent Snow, Secret Snow, and A Thousand Yards of Sea.
Her novels for adults include: Facing the Light, Hester's Story, Made in Heaven, and A Hidden Life.
In December 2016 Geras appeared as a member of the team from St Hilda's College Oxford in the Christmas Special of BBC Two's University Challenge.[3]
Awards[edit]
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Geras won two prizes in the United States, the Sydney Taylor Book Award for the My Grandmother's Stories and the National Jewish Book Award for Golden Windows. She has also won prizes for her poetry and was a joint winner of the Smith Doorstop Poetry Pamphlet Award, offered by the publisher of that name.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Geras' husband was the Marxist academic Norman Geras and their daughter Sophie Hannah is also a novelist and poet.
See also[edit]
- Paws and Whiskers – 2014 anthology that includes Mimi's Day, a true poem which Geras wrote in 1999 about her tabby cat.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ abThe Library of Congress cites Cataloguing in Publication data for Pictures of the Night, provided 1992 or 1993.
'Geras, Adèle'[permanent dead link]. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 15 March 2015. - ^'About'. Adele Geras (addelegeras.com). Retrieved 15 March 2015. With 'download author biography' (pdf) that differs.
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- ^Kimpton, Steve; Kimpton, Diana (n.d.). 'Author Profiles: Adèle Geras'. The Word Pool. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^'Author's Animal Antices – Adele Geras'. 3 June 2010. Sarah's Book Reviews (feelingfictional.com). Retrieved 15 March 2015. Includes full text of the poem 'Mimi's Day', written 1999 (Mimi the cat died in 2005).
External links[edit]
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- Adèle Geras at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Adèle Geras at Library of Congress Authorities, with 45 catalogue records
- Adele Geras profile on the village website where she now lives: