Dangerous Calm (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186049353X ISBN 13: 9781860493539

Publisher: Virago Press Ltd

Synopsis

A collection of short stories, two previously unpublished, by Elizabeth Taylor: 'a joy to read... Taylor excels in conveying the tragicomic pognancy of the everyday' (Daily Telegraph).In 1945 the publication of AT MRS LIPPINCOTE'S launched Elizabeth Taylor's career. The author of twelve novels and four collections of short stories, she excelled at unravelling the comedy of ordinary life. DANGEROUS CALM draws on her volumes of short stories to produce a fine selection of her work. Stories such as 'Summer Schools', 'Flesh' and 'The Devastating Boys' confirm her status as one of the finest short story writers. This selection also features two previously unpublished stories and three uncollected ones, including the late, poignant tale, 'The Wrong Order'. Together they celebrate a formidable stylist whose work has delighted readers and critics for fifty years.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Taylor was born in Reading, Berks in 1912 and educated at the Abbey School. She worked as a governess in a library and at the age of 24 married a businessman with whom she had a son and daughter. Much of her married life was spent in the village of Penn, Bucks. She published twelve novels and four volumes of short stories. She died in 1975.

Review

Not a tale here fails to expand in the imagination of the reader * ELIZABETH BOWEN * When you read her work there's always an element of self-congratulation. Oh, what you've caught * ANNE TYLER *

Edition details

• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186049353X
• ISBN 13: 9781860493539
• Binding: Paperback