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Майор в отставке Эрнест Петтигрю после смерти брата сталкивается с проблемами, решать которые он должен, не поступившись понятиями о чести, долге, благопристойности. Страсти разгораются и вокруг семейной реликвии, которую родственники намерены выгодно продать, и вокруг дружбы майора с владелицей деревенского магазинчика пакистанкой миссис Али. Оба любят литературу, оба потеряли супругов, и их дружба может перерасти в нечто большее. Но местное общество не готово принять мусульманку как равную.

Major Ernest Pettigrew (Ret'd) is not interested in the frivolity of the modern world. Since his wife Nancy's death, he has tried to avoid the constant bother of nosy village women, his grasping, ambitious son, and the ever spreading suburbanization of the English countryside, preferring to lead a quiet life upholding the values that people have lived by for generations - respectability, duty, and a properly brewed cup of tea (very much not served in a polystyrene cup with teabag left in). But when his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Ali, the widowed village shopkeeper of Pakistani descent, the Major is drawn out…

When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century. Brought together by a shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship on the cusp of blossoming into something more. But although the Major was actually born in Lahore, and Mrs. Ali was born in Cambridge, village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as a permanent foreigner. The Major has always taken special pride in…

Written with a delightfully dry sense of humour and the wisdom of a born storyteller, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand explores the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of family obligation and tradition. When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century. Brought together by a shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship on the cusp of blossoming into something more. But although the…

Майор в отставке Эрнест Петтигрю после смерти брата сталкивается с проблемами,решать которые он должен, не поступившись понятиями о чести, долге, благопристойности. Страсти разгораются и вокруг семейной реликвии, которую родственники намерены выгодно продать, и вокруг дружбы майора с владелицей деревенского магазинчика пакистанкой миссис Али. Оба любят литературу, оба потеряли супругов, и их дружба может перерасти в нечто большее. Но местное общество не готово принять мусульманку как равную.

You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart. The Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for…

Майор в отставке Эрнест Петтигрю после смерти брата сталкивается с проблемами, решать которые он должен, не поступившись понятиями о чести, долге, благопристойности. Страсти разгораются и вокруг семейной реликвии, которую родственники намерены выгодно продать, и вокруг дружбы майора с владелицей деревенского магазинчика пакистанкой миссис Али. Оба любят литературу, оба потеряли супругов, и их дружба может перерасти в нечто большее. Но местное общество не готово принять мусульманку как равную.