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Blaming

Af: Elizabeth Taylor Engelsk Paperback

Blaming

Af: Elizabeth Taylor Engelsk Paperback
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''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

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''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

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9781844083084
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 184408308X
Udg. Dato: 6 apr 2006
Længde: 14mm
Bredde: 127mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 6 apr 2006
Forfatter(e): Elizabeth Taylor
Forfatter(e) Elizabeth Taylor


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9781844083084


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 192


Udgave


Længde 14mm


Bredde 127mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 6 apr 2006


Oplagsdato 6 apr 2006


Forlag Little, Brown Book Group