The Means of Escape
Overview
Penelope Fitzgerald s last book and her only collection of short stories fittingly showcases her at her wisest, her funniest, her best. Like her novels, these stories are mordantly funny, morally astute . . . as they plumb the endless absurdities of the human heart (Washington Post Book World). Roaming the globe and the ages, the stories travel from England to France to New Zealand and from today to the seventeenth century. Everything Fitzgerald touches here, large or small, turns quietly to gold (Kirkus Reviews, starred). Featuring an introduction by A. S. Byatt, this lovely Mariner edition serves as an elegiac gift to dedicated fans of her award winning novels and a tantalizing introduction for new readers (Entertainment Weekly). The Means of Escape memorializes a writer guided by a generous but unwavering moral gaze and proves once more why Fitzgerald will endure (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780618154500
- ISBN-10: 0618154507
- Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
- Publish Date: September 2001
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.58 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.46 pounds
- Page Count: 192
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