Quartet in Autumn

von Barbara Pym

192 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Darkly funny and full of stubborn optimism, Quartet in Autumn is a classic. Showing Barbara Pym at her very best, it portrays the strange and wonderful quirks of everyday life.'Spectacular' - The Sunday Times'Quartet in Autumn is immeasurably her finest work of fiction' - Evening Standard'Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour' - The TimesIn 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem - loneliness.Lovingly and with delightful humour, Barbara Pym conducts us through their day-to-day existence: their preoccupations, their irritations, their judgements, and - perhaps most keenly felt - their worries about having somehow missed out on life as post-war Britain shifted around them.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

• Reihe: Picador Collection
• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9781035038923
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2024
• Größe: 192 x 127 mm
• Verlag: Pan Macmillan