- Published: 1 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781473588844
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
The Selected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
Selected and Introduced by Tessa Hadley
- Published: 1 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781473588844
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
Bowen's stories show the awesome capabilities of the English language and the surprise and mystery of the human soul
Anne Tyler
Bowen's stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them
V .S. Pritchett, Vogue
Like Woolf, like Spark, her language is clear but her effects complex, creating shimmering reflections of reality, her world recognisable but just out of reach
Guardian
[Bowen's] fiction's uniqueness lies in its versatile, modern understanding of place as 'inner landscape'... [an] astute selection of the short stories... [Brown] write[s] fiction with the texture of history
London Review of Books
A judiciously chosen selection of stories that showcases the brilliance of Elizabeth Bowen throughout her career. Tessa Hadley's illuminating and affectionate introduction positions Bowen firmly where she belongs - as one of the most remarkable writers of short stories in any era.
Julia Parry, author of The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen