Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
'She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' Anne Tyler Less Than Angels follows the loves, works and hopes of a group of young anthropologists. Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into trouble when he begins a romance with student Deirdre Swann, so Catherine turns her attention to the reclusive anthropologist Alaric Lydgate, who has a fondness for wearing African masks. Added to this love triangle are the activities of Deirdre's fellow students and their attempts to win the competition for a research grant. The course of true love or academia never did run smooth.
Her best [novels] are sheer delight, and all of them companionableQuiet, paradoxical, funny and sad, they have the iron in them of permanence too -- JOHN UPDIKE, NEW YORKER
She can be seriously, hilariously funny - no other novelist has celebrated our national silliness with such exuberance -- KATE SAUNDERS
I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- RICHARD OSMAN
She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heart-breaking silliness of everyday life -- ANNE TYLER
She can be seriously, hilariously funny - no other novelist has celebrated our national silliness with such exuberance -- KATE SAUNDERS
I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- RICHARD OSMAN
She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heart-breaking silliness of everyday life -- ANNE TYLER
Barbara Pym (1913-80) was born in Shropshire and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. When in 1977 the TLS asked critics to name the most underrated authors of the past 75 years, only one was named twice (by Philip Larkin and Lord David Cecil): Barbara Pym. Her novels are characterised by what Anne Tyler has called 'the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844085811 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844085813 |
| Title | Less Than Angels |
| Author | Barbara Pym |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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