Civil To Strangers

Civil To Strangers
Barbara Pym, Hazel Holt
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h198 x 126mm - 400pg
2 Jun 2022 UK
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9780349016146
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INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT' I' m a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman' I' d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' Philip LarkinWhen Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil to Strangers, three novellas and an autobiographical essay, ' Finding a Voice' , Pym' s only written comment on her writing career. In Civil to Strangers, the lives of a young couple, Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon and her self-absorbed writer husband Adam, are thrown into upheaval when a mysterious Hungarian arrives in their village. ' A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar' KATE SAUNDERS, THE TIMES' Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English' TIME
I' m a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- Richard Osman I' d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen -- Philip Larkin A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar -- KATE SAUNDERS * THE TIMES * Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English * TIME * Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking 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: 9780349016146
Published: 2 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 400

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