The Pattern In The Carpet Margaret Drabble

Review serena davies enjoys margaret drabble s the pattern in the carpet a passionate account of a life lived through puzzles.

The pattern in the carpet margaret drabble.

The pattern in the carpet her latest non fiction book is subtitled a personal history with jigsaws which makes it sound as though. The pattern in the carpet is a discursive loosely organized mix of drabble s memories some but not all of them having to do with solving puzzles and her accounts of her own research into the. She was initiated into the pleasures of banging bits of coloured wood together by her mother s spinster. The result is a.

In the pattern in the carpet then jigsaws are the often tenuous connection between a lot of other things she wants to think about. Margaret drabble is not afraid to write. For margaret drabble it is jigsaws that provide the filter. In the pattern in the carpet the award winning and beloved writer margaret drabble explores her own family story alongside the history of her favourite childhood pastime the jigsaw.

The pattern in the carpet takes as its organising motif drabble s lifelong love of jigsaws. Buy the pattern in the carpet. They give her licence if you like to wander. A personal history with jigsaws main print on demand by drabble margaret isbn.

9781843546207 from amazon s book store. The pattern in the carpet by margaret drabble. The pattern in the carpet. The result is an original and moving personal history about remembrance growing older the importance of play and the ways in which we make sense of our past by ornamenting our present.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A personal history with jigsaws is an original and brilliant work. Margaret drabble weaves her own story into a history of games in particular jigsaws which have offered her and many others relief from melancholy and depression.