Bowen's Court & Seven Winters - Softcover
'Bowen's Court' describes the history of the author's Anglo-Irish family in County Cork, from the Cromwellian sttlement until 1959. In 'Seven Winters', Elizabeth Bowen recalls, with endearing candour, her family and Dublin childhood.
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"Interesting, beautiful and important" (New Statesman)
"She startles us by sheer originality of mind and boldness of sensibility into seeking our world afresh" (V.S. Pritchett)
"Thrillingly convoluted" (Guardian)
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"She startles us by sheer originality of mind and boldness of sensibility into seeking our world afresh" (V.S. Pritchett)
"Thrillingly convoluted" (Guardian)
'Bowen had a genius for conveying the reader straight into the most powerful and complex regions of the heart. On that terrain, she was bold, empathetic and merciless' - New York Times
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 009928779X
- ISBN 13 9780099287797
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- Number of pages560
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Bowen had a genius for conveying the reader straight into the most powerful and complex regions of the heart. On that terrain, she was bold, empathetic and merciless' - New York TimesBowen's Court describes the history of one Anglo-Irish family in County Cork from the Cromwellian settlement until 1959, when Elizabeth Bowen was forced to sell the family house she loved. Bowen reviews ten generations of her family, representatives of the Protestant Irish gentry whose lives were dominated by property, lawsuits, formidable matriarchs, violent conflicts, hunting, drinking, and self-destructive fantasies.Seven Winters recalls with endearing candour Bowen's family and her Dublin childhood as seen through the eyes of a child who could not read till she was seven and who fed her imagination only on sights and sounds. Bowen's Court describes the history of one Anglo-Irish family in County Cork from the Cromwellian settlement until 1959, when Elizabeth Bowen was forced to sell the family house she loved. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099287797
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