The Soul Of Kindness
$33.65
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2010
Summary
INTRODUCED BY PHILIP HENSHER
‘Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor’s novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I’ve returned to her too - in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it’ SARAH WATERS
A brilliant novel about the damage caused by relen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844086566 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844086569 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Taylor, Philip Hensher |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 196mm x 130mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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The Soul of Kindness, like many of Elizabeth Taylor’s novels, is so expert that it seems effortless. As it progresses, it seems as if the cast are so fully rounded that all the novelist had to do was place them, successively, in one setting after another and observe how they reacted to each other … Taylor is one of the hidden treasures of the English novel - Daily Telegraph
Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor’s novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I’ve returned to her too - in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it - Sarah WatersAlways intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person’s dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail - the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life - Valerie MartinAbout The Author
Elizabeth Taylor
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.
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