A World of Love - Brossura

Bowen, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 1400031052 ISBN 13: 9781400031054

Casa editrice: Anchor, 2003

Riassunto

A young woman finds a collection of mysterious love letters in the attic of an old Irish country house and becomes obsessed with the young man, who, years before, had written them to her mother. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"In the first rank of the brilliant women writers."--The New York Times

"In A World of Love Miss Bowen's powers are at their summit...perception, wit, and beauty flash from every page."--The New York Times Book Review

"One of the handful of great English novelists of [her] century."--The Washington Post

"Bowen writes beautifully--sometimes, in fact, so beautifully it hurts."—Time

L'autore:

Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. Her book Bowen's Court (1942) is the history of her family and their house, in County Cork. Throughout her life, she divided her time between London and Bowen's Court, which she inherited. She wrote many acclaimed novels and short story collections, was awarded the CBE in 1948, and was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1965. She died in 1973.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Anchor
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1400031052
• ISBN 13: 9781400031054
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160