An Academic Question - Couverture souple

Pym, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844087239 ISBN 13 : 9781844087235

Editeur : Virago, 2012

Synopsis

*Another delightful comedy of manners from Barbara Pym.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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'.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' Anne Tyler

In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers as a reader to a blind, esteemed anthropologist in a nursing home, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague. A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory.

'Authentic Pym, with the true depth of exuberance in it . . . As readable and characteristic as any in the Pym canon' John Bayley, London Review of Books

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844087239
• ISBN 13: 9781844087235
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible