The Death Of The Heart

Author: BOWEN ELIZABETH

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Price : 24.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780385720175
Publisher : anchor
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Weight (g) : 0.318
Publication date : 08 May 2000
Dimensions : 204mm X 133mm X 24mm
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Pages : 432
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As she deftly and delicately exposes the cruelty that lurks behind the polished surfaces of conventional society, Bowen offers the piercing story of innocence betrayed at a 1930s British seaside resort. "One of the finest, one of the deepest . . . of contemporary English novels."--"Saturday Review."

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Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899. She wrote many acclaimed novels, including The Heat of the Day and Eva Trout. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1948. She died in 1973.