The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories
Author: Lively, Penelope
ISBN: 9780241978535
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A new collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-winning writer
A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess; a couple who don't know each other at all even after fifteen years together; and, in the story from which this collection takes its name, a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding. In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers.
ISBN: 9780241978535
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A new collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-winning writer
A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess; a couple who don't know each other at all even after fifteen years together; and, in the story from which this collection takes its name, a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding. In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers.
