Name: The Garden Party: And Other Stories (Art of the Story) (in English)
Price: 14.70 USD
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Author: Katherine Mansfield
ISBN: 9780062490490

portada The Garden Party: And Other Stories (Art of the Story) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Katherine Mansfield

Publisher

Ecco Press

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

13.2 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9780062490490

Synopsis "The Garden Party: And Other Stories (Art of the Story) (in English)"

Introduction by Colm TóibínIn fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human experience, from marriage, family, and death to duty, disillusionment, and regret in this commanding collection, part of the Ecco Art of the Story series.Written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life in the chaotic years after World War I, the fifteen stories in The Garden Party are as fresh, perceptive, and vivid today as they were nearly a century ago. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand while others take place in England or on the French Riviera. In each, Mansfield explores the small yet transformative epiphanies in every day life and illuminates the unspoken, often misunderstood emotions common to us all. In the wry "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," two sisters discover that freedom from their father isn't quite what they expected it to be. A lonely and naïve older woman's contrived sense of self is painfully challenged in "Miss Brill." "At the Bay" considers the plight of a happily married young woman who struggles to find equality with her husband. The Garden Party is an enduring work of literary craftsmanship from a marvelous modern artist.

Katherine Mansfield

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(Nueva Zelanda, 1888 - Francia 1923) Pseudónimo de Kathleen Beauchamp. Narradora neozelandesa que cultivó la novela corta y el cuento breve, convirtiéndose en una de las autoras más representativas del género. En sus obras destacan las pulsiones vitales de los humanos y su choque con las imposiciones sociales, y las descripciones del mundo aristocrático. Se la considera una importante figura del modernismo literario.

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