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Selected stories

Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-19732023
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A girl shares her secret den. A couple stroll through a ruined city. A man walks into a ladies' hat shop. A teacher dreams of killing her pupil. Spanning the 1920s to the post-war years, this selection brings Elizabeth Bowen's finest short stories together for the first time. Elegant and subtle, they showcase Bowen's ability to evoke ineffable emotions - grief, nostalgia, self-consciousness, dread - and combine remarkable psychological insight with vivid settings, from the countryside of Bowen's native Ireland to the streets of her London home after the Blitz.
Main title:
Selected stories / Elizabeth Bowen ; selected and introduced by Tessa Hadley.
Imprint:
London : Vintage Classics, 2023.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781784877163 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
BRN:
2324383
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