Civil to Strangers

Resumen del libro

When Barbara Pym died in 1980 she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. Thiss volume brings us one complete novel, CIVIL TO STRANGERS, and sections of three others which have been meticulously edited by Hazel Holt to form self-standing novellas that rank with the best of Barbara Pym's work. A final bonus is the inclusion of four short stories and an autobiographical essay, 'Finding a Voice', the author's only written commentary on her writing career. The title novel is the story of Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon and her self-absorbed writer husband Adam, a young couple from the village of Up Callow in Shropshire. Both the village and Cassandra's marriage are thrown into upheaval when a mysterious Hungarian arrives.

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).