The Lady from Guatemala
Collected Stories
Book
Paperback/Softback
562 pages
978-1-4482-0031-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Lady from Guatemala is a collection of stories from one of the most distinguished short story writers in English. From first to last, V.S. Pritchett's writing displays a shrewd understanding of class and character and a quick ear for the inner, deeper rhythms of dialogue. His subject matter is always human nature, its peculiarity, its tenacity...His prose is clear, his observation complex and multi-layered. Pritchett's stories invite and merit re-reading and, what is more important, they encourage us to look again at those parts of life we like to think are settled.
Reviews / Votes
One of the century's most distinguished short story writers in English The Guardian Sheer pleasure. ..From first to last, his writing displays a shrewd understanding of class and character and a quick ear for the inner, deeper rhythms of dialogue. And his subject matter? Always human nature, its particularity, its tenacity. ..His prose is clear as water: his observations complex and multi-layered The New Statesmen V.S.Pritchett catches something about the English character that no writer since Dickens has seen: its obsessive and excitable nature, its exoticism in love and melancholy The Sunday Times Pritchett's stories invite and merit re-reading, and, what is more important, they encourage us to look again at those parts of life we like to think are settled New York TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4482-0031-3 (9781448200313)
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Person
Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997) was born over a toyshop in 1900 and, much to his everlasting distaste, was named after Queen Victoria. A writer and critic, his is widely reputed to be one of the best short story writers of all time, with the rare ability to capture the extraordinary strangeness of everyday life. He died in 1997.