Quartet in Autumn
$23.57
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2024
Summary
‘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 Times
Deliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, Quartet in Autumn is a classic. Part of the Picador Collection, it shows Barbara Pym’s sensitive artistry at its most sparkling. Its world is both extraordinary and familiar, revealing the eccentricities of everyday…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035038923 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035038927 |
| Author: | Barbara Pym |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
You Can Find This Book In
Critics Review
Barbara Pym’s unpretentious, subtle, accomplished novels … are for me the finest examples of high comedy to have appeared in England during the past 75 years … spectacular * The Sunday Times *
Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour * The Times *
The wit and style of a twentieth-century Jane Austen * Harper’s & Queen *
Very funny and keenly observant of the ridiculous as well as the pathetic in humanity * Financial Times *
A spare masterpiece of loneliness in retirement * The Telegraph *
Quartet in Autumn is immeasurably her finest work of fiction * Evening Standard *
An alert miniaturist … her novels have a distinctive flavour, as instantly recognizable as lapsang tea * The Daily Telegraph *
No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure – Jilly Cooper
Barbara Pym
A writer from the age of sixteen, Barbara Pym has been acclaimed as ‘the most underrated writer of the century’ (Philip Larkin). Pym’s substantial reputation evolved through the publication of six novels from 1950 to 1961, then resumed in 1977 with the publication of Quartet in Autumn and three other novels. She died in 1980.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.