Quartet in Autumn

Resumen del libro

With an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith
One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.
In 1970s London Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem - loneliness. Lovingly and with delightful humour, Pym conducts us through their day-to-day existence: their preoccupations, their irritations, their judgements, and - perhaps most keenly felt - their worries about having somehow missed out on life as post-war Britain shifted around them.
Deliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, Quartet in Autumn shows Barbara Pym's sensitive artistry at its most sparkling. A classic from one of Britain's most loved and highly acclaimed novelists, its world is both extraordinary and familiar, revealing the eccentricities of everyday life.

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).