Friends And Relations

By: Elizabeth Bowen

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Paperback | 15 October 2017 | Edition Number 1

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176 Pages

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20.1 x 13.0 x 1.3

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A tangle of friends and relations gives us Bowen's most personal and domestic novel

Two sisters, two weddings, just months apart. These marriages produce a tangle of friends, relations and lovers that starts to unravel ten years later, during one intense week. Two of Bowen's most memorable characters are in attendance- Lady Elfrida, a creature of privilege, and Theodora Thirdman, a gawky teenager with zero self-awareness. The sunset of prosperity is upon this complacent, moneyed class, but Bowen's precise and beautiful prose pins real pain and comedy upon its inhabitants.

Industry Reviews

"Bowen is a tough old bird. And once you're on her side, it's going to be a loyal alliance. Because it's nice to have a writer who will never lie to you. Not even to make you feel a little better" * Kirkus * "Bowen wrote numerous great novels, including Friends and Relations...about how telephones have infiltrated our thinking and desires: waiting for a call, being interrupted by a call, not knowing what might be announced" * Guardian * "There is much to savour, enjoy, intrigue and shock in this wonderful novel. Bowen is sublime" * Book Snob *

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