A Wreath Of Roses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A taut and psychologically rich work of mid-century British fiction, A Wreath of Roses chronicles the annual summer holiday of three women — Camilla, Frances, and Liz — whose long-standing friendship is quietly destabilised by the arrival of a charming and unsettling stranger. Elizabeth Taylor masterfully uncovers the undercurrents of longing, disillusionment, and moral ambiguity that run beneath the surface of ordinary domestic life. The novel presents a bitter-sweet meditation on love, art, and the creeping awareness of evil in the most unexpected places, rendered in prose of crystalline precision. Taylor's sharp psychological insight and restrained wit place her firmly in the tradition of the great English novelists, and this book stands as one of her most compelling achievements.
Author: Elizabeth Taylor
Format: Paperback
Published: 1967, Penguin
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A taut and psychologically rich work of mid-century British fiction, A Wreath of Roses chronicles the annual summer holiday of three women — Camilla, Frances, and Liz — whose long-standing friendship is quietly destabilised by the arrival of a charming and unsettling stranger. Elizabeth Taylor masterfully uncovers the undercurrents of longing, disillusionment, and moral ambiguity that run beneath the surface of ordinary domestic life. The novel presents a bitter-sweet meditation on love, art, and the creeping awareness of evil in the most unexpected places, rendered in prose of crystalline precision. Taylor's sharp psychological insight and restrained wit place her firmly in the tradition of the great English novelists, and this book stands as one of her most compelling achievements.