Victor S. Pritchett Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Introduction by JEREMY TREGLOWN“In his daily walks through London,” notes Jeremy Treglown in his Introduction to this collection, “Pritchett watched and listened to people as a naturalist observes wild creatures and birds. He knew that oddity is the norm, not the exception.” This finely attuned sense, coupled with an understanding that nothing in life is mundane, is what makes these stories so immensely enjoyable. Drawing on a vast treasure chest of writings, Treglown has selected sixteen of Pritchett’s gems, including “A Serious Question,” which makes its debut in book form here. Featuring some of the best work from a long career, this new compilation of Pritchett’s brilliantly compact stories illuminates his legendary skills.

The great diversity of Spain is captured here in a series of breathtaking photographs accompanying a century of travel writing from the pages of the New York Times.

This collection of essays sheds light on one of the finest literary talents of the 20th century. fifty-seven excerpts of interviews, personal impressions, diary entries, articles, essays, and literary pieces reveal the private life of Greene--opinionated, charming, articulate, controversial.

This collection is a companion to the long-established and highly successful Modern Short Stories One and its essential aims are the same: to offer stories of high literary quality which, though written for adults, can be enjoyed and appreciated by adolescents. The fifteen stories included are by distinguished writers from Africa, America, Australia, India, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain; and within their artistic context several of them deal with the special personal and social concerns of society today.The collection includes stories by the likes of Dorothy Parker, Maeve Binchy, Garrison Keillor, Peter Carey, Flannery O'Connor and Nadine Gordimer.

RO60137833. IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN. 1991. In-4. Reli. Bon tat, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intrieur frais. 108 pages. Illustr de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Annotations en page de faux-titre (ex-dono). Jaquette manquante.. . . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

This guide tries and tests over 80 dog foods. The inspectors are Monty the Cocker Spaniel, Duke the Jack Russell, Bella the Alsatian, Tasha the Dashshund and Rambo the Yorkie.

A splendid study of Chekhov, this book is primarily an original, sympathetic and wonderfully insightful account of his evolution as a writer, especially of short stories.

Selected short stories introduced by Christopher Isherwood

Mr. Beluncle in an imposing figure who fills his life with rich fantasies and exercises the unnerving power of his personality over those around him--often with hilarious results. With his characteristic grace and style, V.S. Pritchett traces Beluncle's steps toward financial ruin, gently revealing Belucnle's warm and humorous side, yet hinting darkly at his underlying suffering. V.S. Pritchett is a noted critic, biographer, and author of short stories and novels.

A superb copy in an archival Mylar jacket cover.

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Sir Walter Scott / The Two Drovers, Nathaniel Hawthorne/ The Birthmark, Edgar Allan Poe / The Fall Of The House Of Usher, ETC.

A gentle giant, Turgenev emerged from the barbarous yet doting rules of a terrible mother, whose cruelties to her serfs are at the heart of his hatred of serfdom. He was saturated in femininity and could not write unless he was in love. When he freed himself from his mother, he became enslaved by the famous Spanish singer, Pauline Viardot, married to a Frenchman. He was heir to vast estates, a convinced Westerner, proud to be both European and deeply Russian, and one of the most civilized men of his time. This is his story.

Two enchanting memoirs from V. S. Pritchett , available for the first time in a single volume A Cab at the Door , originally published in 1968, recalls his childhood in turn-of-the-century and World War I London with the urbane subtlety and wry humor that have marked his other works. For the wild and eccentric Pritchett family, life is a series of cabs waiting at the door to transport them to a succession of ten-bob-a-week lodgings, in their flight from creditors and the financial disasters of their father. A Cab at the Door also captures the texture and color of the working-class side of Edwardian England. Midnight Oil (which Wilfrid Sheed called a “little Rolls Royce of a book” when it came out in 1972) opens in 1921: Pritchett arrives in Paris to commence with a literary career. Gradually, his creative sensibilities emerge as he travels as a reporter to Ireland, Spain, and America. Midnight Oil provides an intimate and precise record of a writer's discovery of himself and his art. “Pritchett is one of the great pleasure-givers in our language,” said Eudora Welty.

Quando V.S. Pritchett morì, nel 1997, da lui si congedò con affettuoso rimpianto una vasta comunità di lettori che lo aveva seguito per decenni, contando sulla regolarità con cui sarebbero apparsi, prima in rivista, poi in volume, i suoi racconti. Così scomparve il più discreto dei narratori, ideale prosecutore di Cechov, osservatore sottile di tutto ciò che vale la pena raccontare ma spesso sfugge all’attenzione degli scrittori. Amore cieco è un perfetto campione fra i suoi racconti perfetti, una storia fondata su sentimenti elementari – l’amore e la vergogna –, ma stravolti e riscoperti come nuovi per l’angolo peculiare sotto cui si presentano. Amore cieco , apparso per la prima volta nel 1969 all’interno della raccolta Blind Love and Other Stories , è il primo a essere tradotto in italiano.