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Metamorphosis: Selected Stories

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241514764
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Author Penelope Lively
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The definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers, curated by Penelope Lively herself\r\n\r\nWry, compassionate, and glittering with wit, Penelope Livelys stories get beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate stories of growing up and growing old, chance encounters and life-long relationships, Lively explores with keen insight the ways that individuals can become tangled in history, and small acts ripple through the generations. With two new never-before-published stories alongside treasures from her early writing days, Metamorphosis showcases the very best from a literary master.\r\n\r\nLively has the gift, rare and wonderful, of being able to peel back the layers one by one and set them before us, translucent and gleaming Sunday Telegraph\r\n\r\nA sublime storyteller . . . she has us riveted with curiosity as to what will happen next, yet also keeps us consistently aware of the nature of the illusion Guardian \r\n\r\nYou are in the hands of a master Daily Mail
The definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers, curated by Penelope Lively herself\r\n\r\nWry, compassionate, and glittering with wit, Penelope Livelys stories get beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate stories of growing up and growing old, chance encounters and life-long relationships, Lively explores with keen insight the ways that individuals can become tangled in history, and small acts ripple through the generations. With two new never-before-published stories alongside treasures from her early writing days, Metamorphosis showcases the very best from a literary master.\r\n\r\nLively has the gift, rare and wonderful, of being able to peel back the layers one by one and set them before us, translucent and gleaming Sunday Telegraph\r\n\r\nA sublime storyteller . . . she has us riveted with curiosity as to what will happen next, yet also keeps us consistently aware of the nature of the illusion Guardian \r\n\r\nYou are in the hands of a master Daily Mail
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