A Romantic Hero

Olivia Manning

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Arrow Books Ltd
15 April 2001

Anthologies (non-poetry); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Fourteen subtle and beautifully written stories of varying theme and setting are brought together in this brilliant collection- haunting studies of lonely childhoods, shrewdly perceptive portraits of adult relationships and black comedies of domestic deadlock - all infused with Olivia Manning's precise and consistent wit.

By: Olivia Manning
Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 182g
ISBN: 9780099416074
ISBN 10: 0099416077
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 April 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Olivia Manning, OBE, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The daughter of a naval officer, she produced her first novel, The Wind Changes, in 1937. She married just before the War and went abroad with her husband, R. D. Smith, a British Council lecturer in Bucharest. Her experiences there formed the basis of the work which makes up The Balkan Trilogy. As the Germans approached Athens, she and her husband evacuated to Egypt and ended up in charge of the Palestine Broadcasting Station. They returned to London in 1946 and lived there until her death in 1980.