Jane Gardam
The People on Privilege Hill
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Engrossing stories of hilarity and heartbreak from the Whitbread Award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (The Seattle Times).A collection of stories from a writer at the height of her powers-a celebrated stylist admired for her caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, love of humanity, and wicked powers of observation. This is a delightful grouping of stories, witty and wise, that includes the return of Sir Edward Feathers, Old Filth himself.[Gardam's] stories, like delicate tapestries, are alight with colors. -The Times (London)When Gardam hits her mark, like other exemplary short-story writers such as William Trevor, Sylvia Townsend W…
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Engrossing stories of hilarity and heartbreak from the Whitbread Award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (The Seattle Times).A collection of stories from a writer at the height of her powers-a celebrated stylist admired for her caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, love of humanity, and wicked powers of observation. This is a delightful grouping of stories, witty and wise, that includes the return of Sir Edward Feathers, Old Filth himself.[Gardam's] stories, like delicate tapestries, are alight with colors. -The Times (London)When Gardam hits her mark, like other exemplary short-story writers such as William Trevor, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Elizabeth Taylor, she can be dazzling. -The GuardianGardam's brisk narration and fearless temperament make for serious fun. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Wry, economical and perpetually surprising, these 14 stories from English novelist Gardam follow the last of the intrepid, stiff upper lip WWII generation of British ladies and gentlemen.... Gardam vividly evokes an age of iron wills. -Publishers WeeklyGardam displays the consummate skill of the short-story-teller, which is that of the caricaturist, the ability to capture a personality in a few brief strokes.... Privilege Hill is a collection of gentle stories that you could read to your grandmother, with the kind of sharp wit that would no doubt give her a secret smile. But they're deeper than they look... so don't read them all at once. -The Bookbag
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60945-035-9
- EAN: 9781609450359
- Produktnummer: 32778970
- Verlag: Europa Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 196 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Jane Gardam has twice won the Whitbread Award, for The Hollow Land, and Queen of the Tambourine. She is also the author of God on the Rocks, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently, Faith Fox.
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