Jan Thorstensen [SEP] date of death
Jan Thorstensen
Jan Thorstensen (28 May 1933 – 20 August 2014) was a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Oslo. He competed in slalom and giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback