Mr Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Mr Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard

From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr Wrong is a collection of dazzlingly original short stories. 'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall With her renowned style and delicious wit, Howard explores the subtle tensions of relationships in the twentieth century. From flat sharing to adultery, a family Christmas to a house party in France, through a haunting journey into the macabre, these stories are by turns funny, perceptive and spine-tingling. This collection includes Mr Wrong, The Devoted and Three Miles Up, and represents a diverse selection of work from one of the great British storytellers of the modern era. 'Howard has a gift for tilting our sense of reality' – Guardian

Howard has a gift for tilting our sense of reality. . wry humour and elegant perceptions. * Guardian *
Each of these stories may be read again with real pleasure. * Daily Telegraph *
As polished, stylish and civilised as her many devotees would expect. -- Julian Barnes, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending
Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her. - Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies

Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels, including the five volumes of The Cazalet Chronicles, as well as After Julius, Falling, Getting It Right, Love All, and Odd Girl Out. The Cazalet Chronicles – The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change – have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. She had one child, Nicola, and married three times – lastly to fellow author Sir Kingsley Amis. In 2000 she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, and in 2002 Macmillan published her autobiography, Slipstream. She died, aged ninety, at home in Suffolk on 2 January 2014.

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ISBN 13	9781447272434
ISBN 10	1447272439
Titel	Mr Wrong
Autor	Elizabeth Jane Howard
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Pan Macmillan
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-09-10
Seitenanzahl	224
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