Selected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

A beautiful paperback edition of Elizabeth Bowen's short stories, selected and introduced by Tessa Hadley.

'Bowen's stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them' Vogue

SELECTED AND WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TESSA HADLEY

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 new 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.

Encompassing characters from many walks of life and a vast array of moods, these are intricate journeys of domesticity and discovery, of the homely and uncanny, of the mind and body.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781784877163
Published: February 2023

Number of pages: 320
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 19 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing