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Plot. Timothy Young, at five, enjoys having to go to his neighbour's shelter during the Blitz, partly because he gets to sleep with his friend Jill. However, Jill and her mother are killed in an air raid.
- David Lodge
- 1970
Jan 1, 2001 · Out of the Shelter is a Bildungsroman of sorts, following the transformative experiences of Timothy from young childhood in South London during the Blitz through his coming of age on a trip to visit his older sister Kate in Heidelberg in the early 1950s.
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English. 1 volume ; 20 cm. The restrictions of a wartime childhood in in London and subsequent post-war shortages have done little to enrich Timothy's early youth. But everything changes when his glamorous older sister, Kath, invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg.
Jan 1, 1986 · The contrast between the austerity in immediate post war London and the affluence of American occupied Germany has never been better shown than in David Lodge's Out Of The Shelter. Seen through the eyes of young Timothy an intelligent and engaging lad on the edge of manhood.
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- 1970
- David Lodge
- David Lodge
Apr 7, 2011 · The restrictions of a wartime childhood in in London and subsequent post-war shortages have done little to enrich Timothy's early youth. But everything changes when his glamorous older sister, Kath, invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg.
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- David Lodge
Nov 17, 2022 · Out of the shelter by David Lodge, 1989, Penguin Books edition, in English - Rev. ed. / with an introduction by the author.
While Timothy Young's adolescence occurs in the constricted world of post-war Britain, his older sister Kath escapes the world of ration coupons and vaguely perceived dissatisfactions.
