Résumé
'How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time!' Elizabeth Jane Howard* A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the twentieth century's finest novelists.When Amy is suddenly left widowed and alone while on holiday in Istanbul, Martha, an American traveller, comforts her and accompanies her back to England. Upon their return, however, Amy is ungratefully reluctant to maintain their relationship, recognising that, under any other circumstances, the two women would not be friends. But guilt is a hard taskmaster, and Martha has away of getting under one's skin ...*'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' Elizabeth Bowen 'No writer has described the English middle classes with more gently devastating accuracy' Rebecca Abrams, Spectator 'A Game of Hide and Seek showcases much of what makes Taylor a great novelist: piercing insight, a keen wit and a genuine sense of feeling for her characters' Elizabeth Day, Guardian
Quatrième de couverture
INTRODUCED BY JONATHAN KEATES'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLER'An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' SARAH WATERS'Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull,Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Hersophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail-the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life' VALERIE MARTINWhen Amy is suddenly left widowed and alone while on holiday in Istanbul, Martha, an American traveller, comforts her and accompanies her back to England. Upon their return, however, Amy is ungratefully reluctant to maintain their relationship, recognising that, under any other circumstances, the two women would not be friends. But guilt is a hard taskmaster, and Martha has away of getting under one's skin ...Biographie de l'auteurElizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book,At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book,Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications includingVogue, theNew Yorker andHarper's Bazaar.
À propos de l'auteur
Taylor, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book,At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book,Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications includingVogue, theNew Yorker andHarper's Bazaar.
Fiche technique
- Titre : Blaming
- Auteur : Taylor, Elizabeth
- Langue : Anglais
- Format : Broché
- Nombre de pages : 192
- Genre : Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
- Date de publication : 06-04-2006
- Édition : Virago
- Poids : 0.084790306 kg
- Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.651 x 19.05 cm
- ISBN-10 : 184408308X
- ISBN-13 : 9781844083084
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