The Blush

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" 'Will you do my back and under my arms?' asked Katie, handing
- to Frances the tin of Rose Geranium. 'And then I will do yours.'
'What a lovely smell. It's so much nicer than mine,' said Frances,
dredging Katie as thoroughly as if she were a fillet of fish being
prepared for the frying-pan"
In these short stories, first published in 1958, Elizabeth Taylor
pursues the nuances of ordinary life with her usual dexterity.
There's the upright Mrs Allen who unwittingly provides an alibi for
Mrs Lacey, her "slackly corseted" home help; Emily who has
written fluent and amusing letters to a distinguished novelist for ten
years but descends into small talk when they meet; Katie, Natalie
and Frances, preparing for their first dance amidst a cloud of
talcum powder and bathroom giggle^; and the strained conversation %
between ex-lovers Peter and Catherine at her children's seaside
barbecue. "Here Mrs Taylor displays her gift — her quite
extraordinary gift — for sheer situation... Tovább

Fülszöveg

" 'Will you do my back and under my arms?' asked Katie, handing
- to Frances the tin of Rose Geranium. 'And then I will do yours.'
'What a lovely smell. It's so much nicer than mine,' said Frances,
dredging Katie as thoroughly as if she were a fillet of fish being
prepared for the frying-pan"
In these short stories, first published in 1958, Elizabeth Taylor
pursues the nuances of ordinary life with her usual dexterity.
There's the upright Mrs Allen who unwittingly provides an alibi for
Mrs Lacey, her "slackly corseted" home help; Emily who has
written fluent and amusing letters to a distinguished novelist for ten
years but descends into small talk when they meet; Katie, Natalie
and Frances, preparing for their first dance amidst a cloud of
talcum powder and bathroom giggle^; and the strained conversation %
between ex-lovers Peter and Catherine at her children's seaside
barbecue. "Here Mrs Taylor displays her gift — her quite
extraordinary gift — for sheer situation — not a tale here fails to
expand in the imagination of the reader" — Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was born in Reading, Berkshire and
lived in Penn, Buckinghamshire. Of her sixteen works of fiction,
Virago publishes eight novels and two collections of short stories.
The cover shows
"Avens" by Audrey Johnson.
Reproduced by kind permission of the artist.
Fiction
ISBN 0-86068-672-
' L3.50 net in UK srnly
9780860686729 Vissza