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"Quite simply one of the best short story writers who ever lived." --"Newsweek"
"Bowen's stories show the awesome capabilities of the English language and the surprise and mystery of the human soul." --Anne Tyler, "The New Republic"
"Bowen's stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them." --V.S. Pritchett, "Vogue"
"Richly reconfirms the extraordinary contribution Elizabeth Bowen has made to English letters." --Eudora Welty, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Bowen's stories show the awesome capabilities of the English language and the surprise and mystery of the human soul." --Anne Tyler, "The New Republic"
"Bowen's stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them." --V.S. Pritchett, "Vogue"
"Richly reconfirms the extraordinary contribution Elizabeth Bowen has made to English letters." --Eudora Welty, "The New York Times Book Review"
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Celebrated for her much-admired novels, including The Heat of the Day and The Death of the Heart, Bowen established herself in the front rank of the century's writers equally through her short fiction.
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4 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read these stories over 40 years ago. They stand the test of time. Angus Wilson is almost forgotten. I recommend the 3 collections in this book to anyone who likes a writer with ascerbic wit, a sharp watchful eye, and a great ear for give-away dialogue. If you liked this collection, his first three novels are equally entertaining, and often humane. Perhaps the period of reputation-slump will soon be over for Angus Wilson? (He's been dead long enough now for someone to suddenly "discover" him, surely?)
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
have a glass of sherry, come rest in the lounge
28 April 2001
Format:Paperback
elizabeth bowen's stories are well crafted. reading them (for me... i was born in 1974) is like peeking into the drawing room of a time long gone and now crystallised on the page. i gave the book 4 stars instead of five, because while some of the stories are real gems, others fell flat to me. this was my first experience with her work, and 760 odd pages of short stories was a lot of stories!
i would recommend, unless you just want to read a few stories at a time, (the book is broken up into decades and then pre and post war sections)or you are already a huge fan, to start out with a smaller collection of her work. then again, why not pay a few extra dollars and get them all at once?
i escpecially recommend the stories of the twenties and thirties, they really are delightful... the ghosts and murderessess inhabiting some of them are intriguing, there's a flavour to her work you simply don't find in newer fiction. reading her work was like entering another time zone, quite interesting stuff!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
wonderful writer
24 Sep 2011
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Elizabeth Bowen is one of the best writers I've read - either for fun, or in English courses. Her stories are complex and sometimes really strange and interesting, with an understated but absorbing style.
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