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The Means of Escape

Penelope Fitzgerald

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most highly-regarded writers on the English literary scene. Apart from Iris Murdoch, no other writer has been shortlisted so many times for the Booker Prize. Her last novel, The Blue Flower, was the book of its year, garnering extraordinary acclaim in Britain, America and Europe.

This superb collection of stories, originally published in anthologies and newspapers, shows Penelope Fitzgerald at her very best. From the tale of a young boy in 17th century England who loses a precious keepsake and finds it frozen in a puddle of ice, to that of a group of buffoonish amateur Victorian painters on a trip to Brittany, these stories are characteristically wide ranging, enigmatic and very funny. They are each miniature studies of the endless absurdity of human behaviour.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Mariner Books

Release: September 20, 2001

ISBN: 0618154507

ISBN 13: 9780618154500

The Means of Escape

Penelope Fitzgerald

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most highly-regarded writers on the English literary scene. Apart from Iris Murdoch, no other writer has been shortlisted so many times for the Booker Prize. Her last novel, The Blue Flower, was the book of its year, garnering extraordinary acclaim in Britain, America and Europe.

This superb collection of stories, originally published in anthologies and newspapers, shows Penelope Fitzgerald at her very best. From the tale of a young boy in 17th century England who loses a precious keepsake and finds it frozen in a puddle of ice, to that of a group of buffoonish amateur Victorian painters on a trip to Brittany, these stories are characteristically wide ranging, enigmatic and very funny. They are each miniature studies of the endless absurdity of human behaviour.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Mariner Books

Release: September 20, 2001

ISBN: 0618154507

ISBN 13: 9780618154500

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