V. S. Pritchett
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
VS. Pritchett, master of the short story, is also the most evocative of travel writers. First published in 1967, his portrait of Dublin - its past, politics and people, its grand mansions and curious corners - is as beguiling and eloquent as the city itself, as he writes of the Dublin he knew in the 1920s, of visits to Sean O'Casey and Yeats (brandishing a teapot in his rage at Shaw) and of the changing city forty years later, facing the future...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The works of V.S. Pritchett, a British writer born in 1900 who mastered nearly every form of literature--the novel, short fiction, travel writings, criticism and memoir. Portraits of the Amazon and London vie with his reflections on turning eighty.
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
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...
12) Midnight oil
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©1972.
Language
English
Description
Second part of his memoirs. Covers his literary career from 1921 to the post-war period.