To The North
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:27th May '99
Should be back in stock very soon
The fourth novel by Elizabeth Bowen, described by the Guardian as 'One of the last century's greatest woman writers'
Markie's appearance disrupts the lives of both women, but in the pain of misunderstanding, it is Emmeline who reveals her vulnerability in a violent and tragic act.
Reissued alongside The Hotel and The Little Girls
Cecilia, capricious and unable to love, inches reluctantly towards a second marriage to the kind, passionless Julian Tower. Meanwhile, her sister-in-law, Emmeline, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Markie's appearance disrupts the lives of both women, but in the pain of misunderstanding, it is Emmeline who reveals her vulnerability in a violent and tragic act.
Reissued alongside The Hotel and The Little Girls
To the North and The Death of the Heart are among the finest novels of her generation -- V.S. Pritchett
A lavishness of imagination is brought to bear upon small moments, and the writing is of such intensity that a character is revealed in one expression, a way of life disclosed in a single scene -- Peter Ackroyd * Sunday Times *
Haunting novels of bad faith and betrayal * Guardian *
She startles us by sheer originality of mind and boldness of sensibility into seeking our world afresh...Out of the plainest things - the drawing of a curtain - she can make something electric and urgent -- V.S. Pritchett
ISBN: 9780099287766
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Weight: 191g
272 pages