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Civil To Strangers (häftad, eng)
INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT
''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' Richard Osman
''I''d sooner read a new Barbara...
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INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT
''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' Richard Osman
''I''d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen'' Philip Larkin
When Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished materialThis volume contains an early novel, Civil to Strangers, three novellas and an autobiographical essay, ''Finding a Voice'', Pym''s only written comment on her writing career.
In Civil to Strangers, the lives of a young couple, Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon and her self-absorbed writer husband Adam, are thrown into upheaval when a mysterious Hungarian arrives in their village.
''A sublime social comedy . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar'' KATE SAUNDERS, THE TIMES
''Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English'' TIME
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 400 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Little, Brown Book Group |
Utgivningsdatum | 2022-06-02 |
ISBN | 9780349016146 |
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- Häftad, 400, Engelska, Little, Brown Book Group, 2022-06-02, 9780349016146
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 400
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Little, Brown Book Group
- Utgivningsdatum 2022-06-02
- ISBN 9780349016146