The Elected Member

Author: Bernice Rubens

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Price : $27.99 NZD
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ISBN : 9780349130224
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint : Abacus
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Weight (g) : 0.182
Publication date : 01 January 1988
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm X 14mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Bernice Rubens
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.914
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Description

Norman is the clever one of a close-knit Jewish family in the East End of London. Infant prodigy; brilliant barrister; the apple of his parents' eyes...until at forty-one he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia. For Norman, his committal to a mental hospital represents the ultimate act of betrayal. For Rbbi Zweck, Norman's father, his son's deterioration is a bitter reminder of his own guilt and failure. Only Bella, the unmarried sister, still in her childhood white ankle socks, can reach across the abyss of pain to bring father and son the elusive peace which they both desperately crave.

Awards

Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1970.

Author description

Bernice Rubens was born is Wales and worked as both a writer and a film maker. She is the winner of the Booker Prize for The Elected Member, and was shortlisted for the same prize for a subsequent novel: A Five Year Sentence. She died in 2004.