Bernice Rubens

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Bernice Rubens


Born
in Cardiff, Wales, The United Kingdom
July 26, 1928

Died
October 13, 2004

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Bernice Rubens was born in Cardiff, Wales in July 1928. She began writing at the age of 35, when her children started nursery school. Her second novel, Madame Sousatzka (1962), was filmed by John Schlesinger filmed with Shirley MacLaine in the leading role in 1988. Her fourth novel, The Elected Member, won the 1970 Booker prize. She was shortlisted for the same prize again in 1978 for A Five Year Sentence. Her last novel, The Sergeants’ Tale, was published in 2003. She was an honorary vice-president of International PEN and served as a Booker judge in 1986. Bernice Rubens died in 2004 aged 76.

Average rating: 3.81 · 3,987 ratings · 524 reviews · 50 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Elected Member

3.70 avg rating — 1,622 ratings — published 1969 — 25 editions
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A Five Year Sentence

3.84 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 1978 — 22 editions
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Brothers

4.38 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions
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The Waiting Game

3.92 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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I Sent a Letter to My Love

3.84 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions
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Yesterday in the Back Lane

4.11 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions
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Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

3.93 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions
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Nine Lives

3.60 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions
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Sunday best

3.74 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions
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Madame Sousatzka

3.64 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1962 — 24 editions
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“He wondered whether in fact, he had always been an outsider in the family, and whether he had so placed himself, or whether his parents and sisters had so elected him.”
Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member

“It was all that he had to live for, and he loved it now with a love that was killing him.”
Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member

“In a house where there are few callers, there is often a long interval between the bell and its acknowledgment. There must be time for reflection on who it might be, for no-one is ever expected, then a time for anxiety that the mundane but safe pattern of life had changed, a time to feel fear and uncertainty, and then, in practical terms, time for the hesitant steps to the door.”
Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member

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