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Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one´s own experience 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 Bazaar. Klappentext As a teenager, Harriet falls in love with Vesey and his elusive, teasing ways. When he goes to Oxford she cherishes his photograph and waits for the letter that never comes. Years pass, and with a husband and daughter, she excels at suburban respectability. But then Vesey reappears and her marriage seems to melt away. Harriet is older, it is much too late, but she still loves him. 'A Game of Hide and Seek showcases much of what makes Taylor a great novelist: piercing insight, a keen wit and a genuine sense of feeling for her characters' Elizabeth Day, Guardian 'A magnificent and underrated mid-20th-century writer, the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike' David Baddiel, Independent 'Taylor has the genius of making her characters understood, sometimes with an almost frightening clarity, perhaps because she is compassionate as well as relentless in her delineation of them' The New York TimesAn intelligent, haunting love story, with echoes of Brief Encounter , by one of the best British writers of the 20th century. Zusammenfassung An intelligent, haunting love story, with echoes of Brief Encounter, by one of the best British writers of the 20th century.
