The Darkness of Wallis Simpson

Rose Tremain

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Vintage
30 July 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

Now reissued with a stunning new jacket look, The Darkness of Wallis Simpson is a masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning Rose Tremain

A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.

Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland.

A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his 'frame' - or does he?

'Moving and tragic... The darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection' Daily Express

'Classic, breathtaking Tremain' Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year

'Mordantly perceptive tales' Sunday Times

By: Rose Tremain
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 163g
ISBN: 9780099268567
ISBN 10: 0099268566
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 July 2020
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rose Tremain lives in North London and Norwich, with the biographer Richard Holmes. Her books have won many prizes including the Whitbread Novel of the Year, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Prix Femina Etranger, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Angel Literary Award and the Sunday Express Book of the Year. Restoration was shortlisted for the Booker and made into a film; The Colour was shortlisted for the Orange and selected by the Daily Mail Reading Club. Her most recent collection, The Darkness of Wallis Simpson, was shortlisted for both the First National Short story Award and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and her most recent novel, The Road Home, won the Orange Prize for fiction 2008. Two of her books (The Colour and The Way I Found Her) are in development as films, and she is currently working on a TV screenplay to star Sir Ian McKellen.

Reviews for The Darkness of Wallis Simpson

Classic, breathtaking Tremain * Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year * Mordantly perceptive tales * Sunday Times * Moving and tragic...the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection * Express * Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain * Good Housekeeping * A distinguished collection -- Stephanie Cross * Observer *