Celia Fremlin (1914–2009)
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Verk av Celia Fremlin
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Fremlin, Celia Margaret
- Födelsedag
- 1914-06-20
- Avled
- 2009-06-16
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Kingsbury, Middlesex, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Bournemouth, England
- Bostadsorter
- London, England, UK
- Utbildning
- Berkhamstead School for Girls
Oxford University (Somerville College) - Yrken
- interviewer (for Mass Observation)
novelist
short-story writer
mystery writer - Relationer
- Minchin, Leslie (husband)
- Kort biografi
- The Times of London wrote in her obituary: "Celia Fremlin used to say that she wrote the sort of book she wanted to read, in which a mysterious threat hangs over someone and escalates chapter by chapter. . . Publishers sometimes treated her novels as mere precursors of the 'woman in jeopardy' genre. . . But Fremlin had an observant wit all her own, highly valued by her friends as well as her readers." Celia Fremlin was born in Kingsbury, now part of London. Her older brother, John H. Fremlin, later became a nuclear physicist. In 1942 she married Elia Goller, with whom she had three children; he died in 1968. In 1985, Celia married Leslie Minchin, a writer and translator. Her novel The Hours Before Dawn won the Edgar Award in 1960. Later in life she became known as an active advocate of voluntary euthanasia.
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Scary novel or story ('70's era) about a nanny i Name that Book (februari 2017)
Recensioner
Listor
Edgar Award (1)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 30
- Även av
- 35
- Medlemmar
- 893
- Popularitet
- #28,689
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 23
- ISBN
- 141
- Språk
- 6
- Favoritmärkt
- 1
Fremlin is so good at blending the cosiness of home with the ratcheting tension of outside forces threatening to disrupt it. She is also strangely great at capturing the voice of a precocious preteen boy, and the feeling of youthful ambitions and rebellions. The ending ties up a little too neatly for the realism that the story had been presenting, but given the story, I'm not sure there could have been another more satisfying ending.
Aside: real jarring to see the n-word make a few appearances here. They're supposedly spoken by the neighbourhood black kids, but they sure didn't add anything to the story nor characterisations!… (mer)