| Authors: |
Drabble, Margaret, 1939-
Fernández, José Francisco.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Short stories.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011. |
| Description: |
xxii, 227 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780547550404 0547550405 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii). |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Les liaisons dangereuses -- Hassan's tower -- Voyage to Cythera -- Faithful lovers -- Pyrrhic victory -- Crossing the Alps -- Gifts of war -- Success story -- Day in the life of a smiling woman -- Homework -- Merry widow -- Dower house at Kellynch : a Somerset romance -- Caves of God -- Stepping westward : a topographical tale. |
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| Summary: |
A single-volume compilation of the author's previously uncollected short works offers insight into her use of irony, female friendships, and personal passions and is complemented by an introduction that places her works in a context of her life and novels. |