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A beautiful hardcover edition of the collected short stories of one of the best short story writers who ever lived (Newsweek)—with an introduction by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea.

Widely known for her extraordinary novels, including The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris, and The Death of the Heart, Elizabeth Bowen established herself in the front rank of twentieth-century writers equally through her short fiction.

This collection includes seventy-nine magnificent stories written over the course of four decades, including such beloved classics as “Mysterious Kôr,” “The Demon Lover,” “Summer Night,” “Ivy Gripped the Steps,” and “The Happy Autumn Fields.” Whether placing her reader in a remote Irish castle or a seaside Italian villa or bomb-scarred London during the Blitz, Bowen was famous for scene setting of almost hallucinatory vividness, but

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2019
      ISBN13: 9781101908181, 978-1101908181
      ISBN10: 1101908181
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A beautiful hardcover edition of the collected short stories of one of the best short story writers who ever lived (Newsweek)—with an introduction by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea.

      Widely known for her extraordinary novels, including The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris, and The Death of the Heart, Elizabeth Bowen established herself in the front rank of twentieth-century writers equally through her short fiction.

      This collection includes seventy-nine magnificent stories written over the course of four decades, including such beloved classics as “Mysterious Kôr,” “The Demon Lover,” “Summer Night,” “Ivy Gripped the Steps,” and “The Happy Autumn Fields.” Whether placing her reader in a remote Irish castle or a seaside Italian villa or bomb-scarred London during the Blitz, Bowen was famous for scene setting of almost hallucinatory vividness, but

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