Wave Me Goodbye
stories of the second world war
$34.03
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2019
Summary
Wave Me Goodbye: Unveiling the Hidden Landscapes of Women in Wartime
‘Fascinating … a poignant book … an unusual and absolutely authentic view of those convulsive years’ *OBSERVER*
‘Each story in Wave Me Goodbye is a relic of the Second World War’ *SUNDAY TIMES*
‘This is as stark and acidic a collection of war stories as you will read … Stripped bare of the sentimentalism attached to love in wartime’ *SCOTSMAN
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349012612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034901261X |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Author: | Anne Boston |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
Fascinating … a poignant book … an unusual and absolutely authentic view of those convulsive years - Observer
This is as stark and acidic a collection of war stories as you will read … Stripped bare of the sentimentalism attached to love in wartime, writers such as Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Beryl Bainbridge and Dorothy Parker provide poignant, wry, subversive tales … Revelatory reading - ScotsmanEach voice is individual and unsentimental … Molly Lefebure and Margery Sharp write succinctly of the Blitz, while in Miss Anstruther’s Letters, Rose Macaulay brilliantly paints spiritual as well as material devastation - Daily TelegraphEach story in Wave Me Goodbye is a relic of the Second World War - Sunday TimesWritten in and about the decade 1939-1949, the stories in this high caliber anthology are the work of women, chiefly English (five Americans are represented), who were actively engaged in the war effort on the home front. The experience of war–the London blitz, evacuation, the fronts in Europe and Africa–become personalized in stories from Barbara Pym, Rosamond Lehmann, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and others as notable … the stories poignantly illuminate the “second war” behind the frontlines. - Publishers WeeklyWritten in and about the decade 1939-1949, the stories in this high caliber anthology are the work of women, chiefly English (five Americans are represented), who were actively engaged in the war effort on the home front. The experience of war–the London blitz, evacuation, the fronts in Europe and Africa–become personalized in stories from Barbara Pym, Rosamond Lehmann, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and others as notable … the stories poignantly illuminate the “second war” behind the frontlines. - Publishers WeeklyThis is as stark and acidic a collection of war stories as you will read … Stripped bare of the sentimentalism attached to love in wartime, writers such as Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Beryl Bainbridge and Dorothy Parker provide poignant, wry, subversive tales … Revelatory reading - ScotsmanAbout The Author
Anne Boston
Anne Boston has written and edited for various publications including Nova, Cosmopolitan, Sunday Times, New Society and Country Living. Her anthology Wave Me Goodbye: Stories of the Second World War was published in 1988.
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