The Collected Stories Of Elizabeth Bowen
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Elizabeth Bowen stands as one of the twentieth century's most luminous prose stylists, and this definitive anthology — introduced by Angus Wilson — gathers the full breadth of her short fiction into a single, indispensable volume. Set against the drawing rooms of Anglo-Irish society, the bombed streets of wartime London, and the quiet unease of middle-class domesticity, these stories chronicle the inner lives of men and women caught between desire and decorum, between the world as it is and the world as they wish it to be. Bowen's prose is precise and atmospheric, capturing the tremor beneath polite surfaces with an almost surgical sensitivity. Widely regarded as a peer of Virginia Woolf and Henry Green, Bowen argues through her fiction that the ordinary moments of life — a glance, a departure, an unspoken word — carry the full weight of human tragedy and comedy. Her stories move from the playful to the devastating, always illuminating the strange dislocation of modern consciousness. For readers who have yet to encounter Bowen, this collection is the perfect entry point; for those already devoted, it is the definitive reckoning with a singular literary voice.
Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good. Page Condition: good. Markings: remainder mark. Binding condition: Good.
Elizabeth Bowen stands as one of the twentieth century's most luminous prose stylists, and this definitive anthology — introduced by Angus Wilson — gathers the full breadth of her short fiction into a single, indispensable volume. Set against the drawing rooms of Anglo-Irish society, the bombed streets of wartime London, and the quiet unease of middle-class domesticity, these stories chronicle the inner lives of men and women caught between desire and decorum, between the world as it is and the world as they wish it to be. Bowen's prose is precise and atmospheric, capturing the tremor beneath polite surfaces with an almost surgical sensitivity. Widely regarded as a peer of Virginia Woolf and Henry Green, Bowen argues through her fiction that the ordinary moments of life — a glance, a departure, an unspoken word — carry the full weight of human tragedy and comedy. Her stories move from the playful to the devastating, always illuminating the strange dislocation of modern consciousness. For readers who have yet to encounter Bowen, this collection is the perfect entry point; for those already devoted, it is the definitive reckoning with a singular literary voice.