04119cam a2200793 4500 761279330 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780735222045 0735222045 B01KGZVR50 Amazon 72f0c297-7ed2-4f46-a40c-f41bce5baab9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2926254 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lively, Penelope, 1933- The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories [Libby]. Penguin Publishing Group, 2017. family. 21st century. literary fiction. romance. short fiction. contemporary fiction. Writing. Fiction. crime. philosophy. short story collections. novels. classic. anthology. marriage. Short Stories. mystery. Drama. England. magical realism. feminism. story collection. Novella. short story. Essays. English literature. literature. American Literature. fiction books. fantasy. school. British fiction. Booker Prize. short stories collections. short story anthology. realistic fiction books. long story short. books fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 850kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 654kB. Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:<b>A glimmering collection of new short fiction from the Booker Prize winner.</b><br /> <b>“Lively writes with an astringent blend of sympathy and detachment, emotional wisdom and satiric wit.” —Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br /> In such acclaimed novels as <i>The Photograph, Family Album,</i> and <i>How It All Began,</i> Penelope Lively has captivated readers with her singular blend of wisdom, elegance, and humor. Now, in her first story collection in decades, Lively takes up themes of history, family, and relationships across varied and vividly rendered settings.<br /> In the title story, a Mediterranean purple swamp hen chronicles the secrets and scandals of Quintus Pompeius’s villa, culminating with his narrow escape from the lava and ash of Vesuvius. “Abroad” captures the low point of an artist couple’s tumultuous European road trip, trapped in a remote Spanish farmhouse and forced to paint a family mural and pitch in with chores to pay for repairs to their broken-down car. Other stories reveal friends and lovers in fateful moments of indiscretion, discovery, and even retribution—as in “The Third Wife,” when a woman learns her husband is a serial con artist and turns a house-hunting trip into an elaborately staged revenge trap.<br /> Each of these delightful stories is elevated by Lively’s signature graceful prose and eye for the subtle yet powerfully evocative detail. Wry, charming, and keenly insightful, <i>The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories</i> is a masterful achievement from one of our most beloved writers. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72f0c297-7ed2-4f46-a40c-f41bce5baab9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72f0c297-7ed2-4f46-a40c-f41bce5baab9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72f0c297-7ed2-4f46-a40c-f41bce5baab9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8