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The Means of Escape
Penelope Fitzgerald
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Paperback. A collection of Penelope Fitzgerald's short stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
A collection of Penelope Fitzgerald’s short stories.
Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most highly-regarded writers on the English literary scene. Apart from Iris Murdoch, no other writer has been shortlisted so many times for the Booker. Her last novel, ‘The Blue Flower’, was the book of its year, garnering extraordinary acclaim in Britain, America and Europe.
This superb collection of stories, originally published in anthologies and newspapers, shows Penelope Fitzgerald at her very best. From the tale of a ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007105014
SKU
9780007105014
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99-1
About Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most elegant and distinctive voices in British fiction. Three of her novels, The Bookshop, The Beginning of Spring and The Gate of Angels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She won the Prize in 1979 for Offshore. Her last novel, The Blue Flower, was the most admired novel of 1995, chosen no fewer ... Read more
Reviews for The Means of Escape
‘Of all the novelists in English in the last quarter-century, she has the most inarguable claim on greatness. This is a small book, probably not above 25,000 words, but a remarkably rich one. It sets the seal on a career we, as readers, can only count ourselves lucky to have lived through.’ Philip Hensher, Spectator ... Read more