Staring at the Sun

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020.

Castigatoarea Premiului Man Booker pentru fictiune 2011 Staring at the Sun prezinta viata lui Jean Serjeant, de la inceputul ei ca o fata de la tara naiva si lipsita de griji, inainte de razboi, pana la batranetea ei ironica si ascutita in anul 2020.