| Description |
ix, 323 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Metamorphosis, or the elephant's foot (2021) -- Pack of cards (1978-1986): The emasculation of Ted Roper ; A clean death ; A long night at Abu Simbel ; A world of her own ; Bus-stop ; The Crimean Hotel ; Corruption -- Beyond the Blue Mountains (1997): The Slovenian giantess ; In olden times ; The clarinettist and the bride's aunt ; Marriage lines ; The cats' meat man ; The first wife ; The butterfly and the tin of paint -- The purple swamp hen (2016): The purple swamp hen ; Abroad ; Who do you think you were? ; Old as the hills ; The weekend ; Point of view ; Licence to kill ; Mrs Bennet ; Theory of mind ; The third wife -- Songs of Praise (2021). |
| Summary |
Wry, compassionate and glittering with wit, Penelope Lively's stories get beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate tales of growing up and growing old, chance encounters and life-long relationships, Lively explores with keen insight the ways that individuals can become tangled in history, and how small acts ripple through the generations. With two new never-before-published stories alongside treasures from her early writing days, Metamorphosis showcases the very best from a literary master. |
| Genre |
Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9780241514764 (hbk.) |
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0241514762 (hbk.) |
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