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Critically acclaimed, this unique and compelling personal biography uncovers the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents.

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‘It’s very epistolary and very beautiful, particularly with Bowen’s letters which are astonishingly beautiful, complex and intense. It’s like reading one of Elizabeth Bowen’s great novels' RSL Christopher Bland Prize


'A fascinating and moving portrait of love, loyalty and infidelity’ Sarah Waters


'Marvellous, gently elegiac, beautifully written, and fascinating' John Banville, New York Review of Books


'Bowen fans will be in her debt' Peter J. Conradi


'As literary discoveries go, it’s a big one' Sunday Times


'An essay of rare sensitivity and intelligent reflection' Telegraph


'Fascinating and poetic' Irish Times


‘A judicious moment-by-moment account of these complicated characters' Spectator

The Shadowy Third

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    A Paperback / softback by Julia Parry

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      Publisher Duckworth Books
      Published 17 February 2022
      ISBN-13 9780715654491
      978-0715654491
      ISBN-10 0715654497
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: writers Biography: writers Memoirs

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Critically acclaimed, this unique and compelling personal biography uncovers the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents.

      Trade Review

      ‘It’s very epistolary and very beautiful, particularly with Bowen’s letters which are astonishingly beautiful, complex and intense. It’s like reading one of Elizabeth Bowen’s great novels' RSL Christopher Bland Prize


      'A fascinating and moving portrait of love, loyalty and infidelity’ Sarah Waters


      'Marvellous, gently elegiac, beautifully written, and fascinating' John Banville, New York Review of Books


      'Bowen fans will be in her debt' Peter J. Conradi


      'As literary discoveries go, it’s a big one' Sunday Times


      'An essay of rare sensitivity and intelligent reflection' Telegraph


      'Fascinating and poetic' Irish Times


      ‘A judicious moment-by-moment account of these complicated characters' Spectator

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