The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories
Autor Penelope Livelyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2017
'More stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing of two about storytelling.'The TimesonHow It All Began
A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess; a couple who don't know each other at all even after fifteen years together; and, in the story from which this collection takes its name, a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding.
In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241978535
ISBN-10: 024197853X
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024197853X
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Penelope
Lively
is
the
author
of
many
prize-winning
novels
and
short-story
collections
for
both
adults
and
children.
She
has
twice
been
shortlisted
for
the
Booker
Prize:
once
in
1977
for
her
first
novel,The
Road
to
Lichfield,
and
again
in
1984
forAccording
to
Mark.
She
later
won
the
1987
Booker
Prize
for
her
highly
acclaimed
novelMoon
Tiger.
Her
other
books
includeOleander,
Jacaranda,
a
memoir
of
her
childhood
days
in
Egypt;Spiderweb;
her
autobiographical
work,A
House
Unlocked;The
Photograph;Making
It
Up;Consequences;Family
Album,
which
was
shortlisted
for
the
2009
Costa
Novel
Award,
andHow
It
All
Began.
She
is
a
popular
writer
for
children
and
has
won
both
the
Carnegie
Medal
and
the
Whitbread
Award.
She
was
appointed
CBE
in
the
2001
New
Year's
Honours
List,
and
DBE
in
2012.
Penelope
Lively
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Carefully
thought-outstories.
.
.Patterns
of
interactionbetweenpast
and
presentaresounded
outtogood
effect.
Lively hasgutsandstyle. . .You are in the hands of a master
Her new collection of short stories isperfect. It is avery wide rangeof short stories andeach one has an unexpected twist in the tale.
Thoughtful,intelligentandlight of touch. . .Lively has the gift, rare and wonderful, of being able topeel back the layersone by one and set them before us,translucent and gleaming.
Spryandworld-wise,The Purple Swamp Henisan enchanting storythatsets the tonefor the rest of thisstellar collection.
More stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing or two about storytelling.
Lively is now nearly 80 but, asHow It All Beganshows, there is no diminution of her skills . . . Lively is a writer of craft and sagacity and such old fashioned virtues trump the chic but meretricious every time.
Penelope Lively at her best, sharp-eyed but sympathetic, deftly steering the reader from one point of view to another. This novel should delight her regular readers and ensnare new ones.
Lively skilfully mingles past and present, as she peels away the layers to uncover a family secret of which no one speaks...Lively's astute skewering of family relations reverberates in the mind long afterwards.
Sensuous and beautiful prose...proof that the best novelists change and grow.
Neatly constructed, lucidly written and full of admirable sentiments.
Masterful. Transforms the every day into something rich.
Lively hasgutsandstyle. . .You are in the hands of a master
Her new collection of short stories isperfect. It is avery wide rangeof short stories andeach one has an unexpected twist in the tale.
Thoughtful,intelligentandlight of touch. . .Lively has the gift, rare and wonderful, of being able topeel back the layersone by one and set them before us,translucent and gleaming.
Spryandworld-wise,The Purple Swamp Henisan enchanting storythatsets the tonefor the rest of thisstellar collection.
More stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing or two about storytelling.
Lively is now nearly 80 but, asHow It All Beganshows, there is no diminution of her skills . . . Lively is a writer of craft and sagacity and such old fashioned virtues trump the chic but meretricious every time.
Penelope Lively at her best, sharp-eyed but sympathetic, deftly steering the reader from one point of view to another. This novel should delight her regular readers and ensnare new ones.
Lively skilfully mingles past and present, as she peels away the layers to uncover a family secret of which no one speaks...Lively's astute skewering of family relations reverberates in the mind long afterwards.
Sensuous and beautiful prose...proof that the best novelists change and grow.
Neatly constructed, lucidly written and full of admirable sentiments.
Masterful. Transforms the every day into something rich.