A Glass of Blessings

Resumen del libro

Well dressed and looked after, Wilmet, the novel's heroine, is married to Rodney, a handsome army major, who works nine thirty to six at the Ministry. Wilmet's interest wanders to the nearby Anglo-Catholic church, where at last she can neglect her comfortable household in the company of a cast of characters, including three priests. Set in 1950s London, this witty novel is told through the narration of the shallow and self-absorbed protagonist who, despite her flaws, begins to learn something about love and about herself. Through Wilmet's superficial monologues readers are exposed to Barbara Pym's clever commentary on class, the church, and her engaging characterizations. Readers will become captivated, as is Wilmet, with the lives and personalities of characters such as the kleptomaniac Wilf Bason, the priests Keith, and Piers Longridge. She fancies herself in love with Piers, the brother of a close friend, and imagines he is her secret admirer (the admirer is in fact her friend's husband). Wilmet fails to realise that Piers is gay until she becomes aware of his relationship with Keith, a young man she regards as rather common.

Biografía del autor

Barbara Pym (1913-1980) nació en Oswestry, Shropshire. Junto con Elizabeth Taylor está considerada una de las escritoras inglesas más importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo xx. A lo largo de su vida escribió varias novelas, entre las que destacamos Mujeres excelentes (1952), Jane y Prudence (1953), Less than Angels (1955), Los hombres de Wilmet (1958), No Fond Return of Love (1961), Murió la dulce paloma (1978) y A Few Green Leaves (1980). Tras su muerte, en 1980, se publicó su diario, A Very Private Eye (1985).