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Description for Liars in Love
paperback. A collection of seven short stories themed around troubled relations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy showing minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
The stories in Liars in Love are concerned with troubled relations and the elusive nature of truth. Whether it be in the depiction of the complications of divorced families, grown-up daughters, estranged sisters, office friendships or fleeting love affairs, the pieces in this collection showcase Richard Yates's extraordinary gift for observation and his understanding of human frailty.
The stories in Liars in Love are concerned with troubled relations and the elusive nature of truth. Whether it be in the depiction of the complications of divorced families, grown-up daughters, estranged sisters, office friendships or fleeting love affairs, the pieces in this collection showcase Richard Yates's extraordinary gift for observation and his understanding of human frailty.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518594
SKU
KSG0039138
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Yates
Richard Yates was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953 and his first novel, Revolutionary Road, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He is the author of eight other works, including the novels A Good School, The Easter Parade, and Disturbing the Peace, and two collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness and Liars in Love. He died in 1992.
Reviews for Liars in Love
Richard Yates is a writer of commanding gifts: an astonishing skill and robust intelligence. His prose is urbane yet sensitive, with passion and irony held deftly in balance.
Saturday Review
Richard Yates stands today as America's finest realistic novelist
The Boston Globe
Yates is a realist par excellence. Read and weep
Kate Atkinson The most perceptive author of the twentieth century...A magnificent writer
The Times
One of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century
Sunday Telegraph
Every good writer I know acknowledges Yates as a master
Kurt Vonnegut
Saturday Review
Richard Yates stands today as America's finest realistic novelist
The Boston Globe
Yates is a realist par excellence. Read and weep
Kate Atkinson The most perceptive author of the twentieth century...A magnificent writer
The Times
One of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century
Sunday Telegraph
Every good writer I know acknowledges Yates as a master
Kurt Vonnegut