Editing Anita Brookner (section)

===Novelist===
Brookner published her first novel, ''[[A Start in Life (Brookner novel)|A Start in Life]]'' (1981), at the age of 53. Thereafter she published roughly one a year. Brookner was regarded as a stylist. Her novels explore themes of emotional loss and difficulties associated with fitting into society, and intellectual, middle-class women, who suffer isolation and disappointments in love. Many of her characters are the children of European immigrants to Britain; a number appear to be of Jewish descent.<ref name="bccw">{{British council|id=anita-brookner|name=Dr Anita Brookner}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malcolm |first=Cheryl Alexander |url=http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2001/3435.html |title=Understanding Anita Brookner |publisher=University of South Carolina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011231004708/http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2001/3435.html |archive-date=31 December 2001}}</ref> ''[[Hotel du Lac]]'' (1984), her fourth novel, was awarded the [[Booker Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Booker Prize 1984 |url=https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/1984 |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=The Booker Prizes}}</ref><ref name="Guardian_1984">{{cite news |last1=Ezard |first1=John |last2=Webb |first2=WL |title=From the archive, 19 October 1984: Booker Prize awarded to a 6-1 outsider |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/oct/19/archive-booker-prize-awarded-1984 |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=19 October 1984}}</ref>