Cliffs Of Fall
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: clipped dj, in mylar; minor insect damage. Binding: remains tight; boards - light bumping on corners.
In the quiet corridors of post-war cosmopolitan life, Shirley Hazzard's Cliffs of Fall presents seven finely wrought short stories that chronicle the inner lives of men and women caught between longing and restraint, between the life they inhabit and the one they cannot quite reach. Set across shifting international landscapes — from New York to Naples — each story uncovers the delicate fault lines within human relationships, rendering moments of emotional crisis with a precision that is both clinical and deeply compassionate. Hazzard writes with a luminous, controlled prose style that bears comparison to the great mid-century literary masters, weaving together themes of displacement, love, and self-deception with quiet but devastating authority. First published in 1963, this early collection announced the arrival of a major literary voice — one that would go on to produce the celebrated novels The Transit of Venus and The Bay of Noon — and it remains an essential, if under-celebrated, cornerstone of twentieth-century short fiction. For readers who prize psychological depth and exquisite craftsmanship, Cliffs of Fall is an experience that lingers long after the final page.
Author: Shirley Hazzard
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Macmillan & Co Ltd
Genre: Fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: clipped dj, in mylar; minor insect damage. Binding: remains tight; boards - light bumping on corners.
In the quiet corridors of post-war cosmopolitan life, Shirley Hazzard's Cliffs of Fall presents seven finely wrought short stories that chronicle the inner lives of men and women caught between longing and restraint, between the life they inhabit and the one they cannot quite reach. Set across shifting international landscapes — from New York to Naples — each story uncovers the delicate fault lines within human relationships, rendering moments of emotional crisis with a precision that is both clinical and deeply compassionate. Hazzard writes with a luminous, controlled prose style that bears comparison to the great mid-century literary masters, weaving together themes of displacement, love, and self-deception with quiet but devastating authority. First published in 1963, this early collection announced the arrival of a major literary voice — one that would go on to produce the celebrated novels The Transit of Venus and The Bay of Noon — and it remains an essential, if under-celebrated, cornerstone of twentieth-century short fiction. For readers who prize psychological depth and exquisite craftsmanship, Cliffs of Fall is an experience that lingers long after the final page.