Manning Olivia:
School for Love
Introduction by: JaneSmiley
New York Review Of Books , 2009
Quality paperback, 191 pages
Size: 201x130 mm
ISBN: 9781590173039
ISBN-10: 1590173031
Olivia Manning
Olivia Manning, Obe, Was Born In Portsmouth, England And Spent Much Of Her Youth In Ireland. She Married Just Before World War Ii And Went To Live In Bucharest With Her Husband. Her Experience There Formed The Basis Of The Work That Makes Up The Balkan Trilogy. As The Germans Approached Athens, She And Her Husband Evacuated To Egypt And Ended Up In Jeruslam Where Her Husband Worked At The Palestine Broadcasting Station. They Returned To London In 1946 And Lived There Until Her Death In 1980.
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley Was Born In Los Angeles, Grew Up In St. Louis, And Studied At Vassar And The University Of Iowa, Where She Received Her Ph.D. She Isthe Author Of Eight Other Works Of Fiction. She Lives In Central California.
