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V.S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) - VSP as he was affectionately known - was the greatest British short-story writer of the twentieth century, and one of its liveliest and most humane...
Collected Stories
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The Lady from Guatemala
The Lady from Guatemala (1997) is a collection of short stories by renowned British writer V.S. Pritchett. It features, often, humorous, character-driven literary fiction exploring human nature, class, and the...
Selected Stories
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On The Edge Of The Cliff: Short Stories
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Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Remainder markA collection of masterful short fiction, On The Edge Of The Cliff presents...
Midnight Oil
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA celebrated work of literary memoir, Midnight Oil chronicles the formative years of V.S. Pritchett's life as a...
London Perceived: A Portrait of The City
Author: V.S. Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 In unfailingly elegant prose, V. S. Pritchett provides a timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience. He...
Collected Stories
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Very good copy. Few writers of the twentieth century captured the textures of...
A Careless Widow and Other Stories
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Pritchett's ninetieth birthday will coincide with the publication of this amazing collection of new stories and will be a major literary celebration.
The Spanish Temper
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingSpain is a land of proud contradictions, scorching plains, and a people whose spirit has survived centuries of conquest, faith, and civil...
Complete Collected Essays
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Gore Vidal called him the century's "greatest English-language critic". Anthony Burgess hailed him as "our best literary critic". Now, at last, all of Pritchett's best literary essays are collected here...
The Spanish Temper
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Edition: 4th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of literary travel writing, The Spanish Temper presents V. S. Pritchett's deeply personal and keenly observed...
At Home and Abroad
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: V. S. Pritchett Format:...
London Perceived
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Author: V. S. Pritchett; Photographs By Evelyn HoferBinding: HardbackPublisher: Chatto & Windus and William Heinemann Ltd, 1962Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
The Working Novelist
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Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew critics write with the authority of a practitioner, but V. S. Pritchett — celebrated short story writer, novelist, and...
The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev
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Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsV.S. Pritchett's The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev presents a compelling...
The Sicilian Scheveningen
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew chess openings demand as much strategic depth and tactical precision as the Sicilian Scheveningen, and Craig Pritchett's authoritative volume stands as one of...
The Interior Castle: Life of Gerald Brenan
Gerald Brenan led a life studded with adventure. He was drawn to the 1920s underworld - both in London and Seville - of prostitutes, flamenco singers and the poor. He...
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety
Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her...
That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written
The 100 finest short stories ever written, collected in one gorgeous volume. Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the...
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories
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Home & Away: An Autobiographical Gambit
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingJohn Pudney — poet, novelist, and RAF veteran — presents one of the most disarmingly candid self-portraits in...
The Malevolent Seven: "Terry Pratchett meets Deadpool" in this darkly
'Brilliant and vivid world-building . . . riveting' CHAD STAHLESKI, director of John Wick'A masterful blend of Sebastien de Castell's unique brand of wry humour, elegant prose, and wonderfully imaginative...
The Terry Pratchett Diary
Sir Terry Pratchett left us, far too early, in March 2015. To celebrate his life and works, we've given over the 2017 Discworld Diary - which will be a perennial...
Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the
Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined...
Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the
'Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a...
Bear: 'A brilliant writer' Ann Patchett
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'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream...
Bear: 'A brilliant writer' Ann Patchett
'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett 'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan Alam They...
Bear: 'A brilliant writer' Ann Patchett
'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream...
The Horse: 'Extraordinary.' Ann Patchett
'There's a horse', he whispered. 'An old horse that's standing in front of my house. He's blind and he won't eat and I don't know what to do.' Sixty-five-year-old Al...
Sketches from a Hunter's Album
Turgenev's collection of insights into Russia and the lives of those who live there Turgenev's first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches- the observations and anecdotes of...
Say It Again in a Nice Voice: The funny and relatable memoir about motherhood from the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Sorrow & Bliss, for readers of Ann Patchett and Dolly Alderton
Author: Meg Mason Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 From the author of the much-acclaimed novels Sorrow and Bliss and You Be Mother, Meg Mason, comes a hilarious and endearing...
Crochet Your Celebrity Crush: Stitch Your Very Own Amigurumi
Choose from 15 amigurumi patterns to create adorable, crocheted versions of famous actors, music stars, and athletes to stitch, collect, and gift. Crochet Your Celebrity Crush is your guide to...