The Darkness of Wallis Simpson
$24.61
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2020
Summary
Now reissued with a stunning new jacket look, The Darkness of Wallis Simpson is a masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning Rose Tremain.
Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward VIII abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile was…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099268567 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099268566 |
| Author: | Rose Tremain |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 163g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Classic, breathtaking Tremain * Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year *
Mordantly perceptive tales * Sunday Times *
Moving and tragic…the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection * Express *
Written with the deft imagination we’ve come to know and love from Rose Tremain * Good Housekeeping *
A distinguished collection – Stephanie Cross * Observer *
Sprightly and inventive * Daily Telegraph *
Her exactness and lightness of touch in scene-setting are used to superb effect in her short stories…Tremain is restless in her exploration of voices * Independent on Sunday *
This collection is a jewel-box containing gems of near perfection… She’s a consistently superior writer. Do yourself - and literature - a service: Read her * Globe & Mail *
Rose Tremain is a prolific and much lauded writer but here she is at her best – Rebecca Newman * Daily Telegraph *
Painful moments of self-revelation are expertly drawn * Sunday Herald *
About The Author
Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain’s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel’s Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and France’s Prix Femina (Sacred Country), and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Absolutely and Forever (2023), which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.
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