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Zusatztext Her best novels - At Mrs. Lippincote's (1945)! A View of the Harbour (1947)! A Game of Hide and Seek (1951) - are! in spite of their prim titles! funny! savage and full of loneliness and suppressed emotion. For her characters! as for their author! propriety is a survival mechanism! a way of keeping the show on the road 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. Valerie Martin is the author of two collections of short fiction, seven novels, and a biography of St. Francis of Assisi, SALVATION. Klappentext INTRODUCED BY VALERIE MARTIN 'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' SARAH WATERS 'Witty, hilarious, astringent, devastating - her impeccable style can do anything and with such seemingly effortless ease' NEEL MUKHERJEE 'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLER Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographys, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her husband Roddy at the behest of the RAF. Although she can accept the pomposities of service life, Julia's honesty and sense of humour prevent her from taking her role as seriously as her husband, that leader of men, might wish. But Julia, while she may be a most unsatisfactory officer's wife, is certainly no hypocrite.Elizabeth Taylor's first novel, published in 1945, hailed a brilliant new voice in twentieth-century literature. Zusammenfassung Elizabeth Taylor's first novel, published in 1945, hailed a brilliant new voice in twentieth-century literature....
