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BACKGROUND

She was born in Cardiff , Wales , of Russia n Jew ish descent. She came from a very musical family, both her brothers becoming well-known classical musicians. She was married to Rudi Nassauer, a wine merchant and novelist. They had two daughters, Rebecca and Sharon.


FILMS

Her 1962 novel, '' Madame Sousatzka '' was released in 1988 as a film with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine


WORKS

  • ''Set on Edge'' (1960)

  • '' Madame Sousatzka '' (1962)

  • ''Mate in Three'' (1966)

  • ''The Elected Member'' (1969) ( Booker Prize For Fiction 1970 )

  • ''Sunday Best'' (1971)

  • ''Go Tell the Lemming'' (1973)

  • ''I Sent a Letter To My Love'' (1975)

  • ''The Ponsonby Post'' (1977)

  • ''A Five-Year Sentence'' (1978)

  • ''Spring Sonata'' (1979)

  • ''Birds of Passage'' (1981)

  • ''Brothers'' (1983)

  • ''Mr Wakefield's Crusade'' (1985)

  • ''Our Father'' (1987)

  • ''Kingdom Come'' (1990)

  • '' A Solitary Grief '' (1991)

  • ''Mother Russia'' (1992)

  • ''Autobiopsy'' (1993)

  • ''Hijack'' (1993)

  • ''Yesterday in the Back Lane'' (1995)

  • ''The Waiting Game'' (1997)

  • ''I, Dreyfus'' (1999)

  • ''Milwaukee'' (2001)

  • ''Nine Lives'' (2002)

  • ''The Sergeants' Tale'' (2003)



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