An elderly writer of popular comedies and her liberal husband, a judge, are accosted in mid-swim by three crass young archivists. In distracting their inquisitors, the couple show the greatest mannerliness while treading water.
A famous cellist develops an unruly attachment to his bed. His accompanist suggests an analyst, but takes the sessions himself, lending a fond angle to transference.
A quiet, wise man watches his blustering City stepson take over his house and his being and has not the heart to see his usurping heir's action as the pattern of push and shove.
With assusrance, acuity and her lucid wit, Penelope Gilliatt lays bare the non-utterances that are the crucial ellipses of the human temperament. Candid, resonant and always compassionate, these are unforgettable tales form a genius of the short story.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Gilliatt, Penelope. Nobody's business. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979. Paperback, VG. Light creasing to front of cover. Binding strong and square. 156pp. Light tanning to edges of page block; contents clean and bright. Penelope Gilliatt (25 March 1932 9 May 1993) was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic. As one of the main film critics for The New Yorker magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, Gilliatt was known for her detailed descriptions and evocative reviews. A writer of short stories, novels, non-fiction books, and screenplays, Gilliatt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). Gilliatt's short stories, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, were collected in What's It Like Out? and Other Stories (UK edition, 1968) / Come Back If It Doesn't Get Better (US edition, 1969), Nobody's Business (1972) and other collections. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1689685681189
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First printing of this edition. First printing of this mass market paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Seller Inventory # 99064
Book Description Condition: BUONO USATO. INGLESE Brossura pocket in cartoncino flessibile lucido, dalla copertina illustrata a colori in entrambi i piatti. Volume di seconda mano in stato buono di conservazione, copertina leggermente lesionata al margine. Pagine ben tenute e senza sgualciture, ossidate da tonalità brunita, coś i tagli, puliti e integri. Timbro anonimo di appartenenza, non riconducibile al proprietario. Numero pagine 156. Seller Inventory # KEE2463