Complete Short Stories

Zusatztext Taylor's writing is honed! even laconic! especially in dialogue. Her wit! while sharp! is buoyant. She focuses on the domestic as a theatre of secret barbarism ... These are Taylor's people! beautifully present and poignant as they play out the comedy of their lives. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's , during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter . Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue , the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaa r. Klappentext The first time Elizabeth Taylor's acclaimed short stories have been collected in one volume, and its publication marks the centenary of Elizabeth Taylor's birth.The first time Elizabeth Taylor's acclaimed short stories have been collected in one volume, and its publication marks the centenary of Elizabeth Taylor's birth. Zusammenfassung The first time Elizabeth Taylor's acclaimed short stories have been collected in one volume, and its publication marks the centenary of Elizabeth Taylor's birth.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Taylor
• Assisted by: Joanna Kingham (Introduction), Kingham Joanna (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.2012
• EAN: 9781844088409
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-840-9
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 233 mm x 50 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary