The Death Of The Heart

Elizabeth Bowen

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Vintage
01 August 2012

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

Bowen's best known book. A piercing story of innocence betrayed.

'One of the best novels about a young woman that I've ever read' Greta Gerwig

When sixteen-year-old Portia is orphaned, she is plunged into the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother's home. There she encounters the attractive cad Eddie. To him, Portia is at once child and woman, and he fears her gushing love. To her, Eddie is the only reason to be alive. But when Eddie follows Portia to a sea-side resort, the flash of a cigarette lighter in a darkened cinema illuminates a stunning romantic betrayal - and sets in motion one of the most moving and desperate flights of the heart in modern literature.

'One of the last century's greatest woman writers' Guardian

'This is a stunning portrait of the human heart, a raw account of romantic betrayal and the pains of growing up' Sunday Times
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*One of the 50 best books of the past 100 years
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By: Elizabeth Bowen
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 253g
ISBN: 9780099276456
ISBN 10: 0099276453
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 August 2012
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Death Of The Heart

This is included under the Must Book classification because of the curious fascination Elizabeth Bowen has for her audience, assuring a predictable sale. From the angle of plot, it scarcely ranks as a novel; rather is it a contrast of two ways of life, an oblique, psychological novel, in the manner of Henry James and Virginia Woolf. The setting is the London home of the Quaynes, febrile, neurotic futilitarians in their middle thirties. They have a certain urbanity and sophistication, but all spontaneity and feeling has gone. Into this artificial atmosphere comes Portia, eager, unworldly, and sets the wheels rolling. In the effect of her innocence on the Quaynes lies the story. It is a provocative, if somewhat rarefied novel, written with a curious tautness, intensity and occasional poignancy and beauty. Important but specialized. (Kirkus Reviews)

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