Blaming

Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Keates, Jonathon Keates

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Virago
24 May 2006

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

Series: Virago Modern Classics

'How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time!' Elizabeth Jane Howard
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A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the twentieth century's finest novelists.

When Amy is suddenly left widowed and alone while on holiday in Istanbul, Martha, an American traveller, comforts her and accompanies her back to England. Upon their return, however, Amy is ungratefully reluctant to maintain their relationship, recognising that, under any other circumstances, the two women would not be friends. But guilt is a hard taskmaster, and Martha has away of getting under one's skin ...
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'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' Elizabeth Bowen

'No writer has described the English middle classes with more gently devastating accuracy' Rebecca Abrams, Spectator

'A Game of Hide and Seek showcases much of what makes Taylor a great novelist: piercing insight, a keen wit and a genuine sense of feeling for her characters' Elizabeth Day, Guardian

By: Elizabeth Taylor
Introduction by: Jonathan Keates, Jonathon Keates
Imprint: Virago
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 132mm, Width: 200mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 166g
ISBN: 9781844083084
ISBN 10: 184408308X
Series: Virago Modern Classics
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 24 May 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was born and educated in Reading. On leaving school she worked as a governess and later in a library. She lived much of her married life in the village of Penn, Bucks.

Reviews for Blaming

'A compassionate and devastating tale' Daily Mail 'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all' Anne Tyler 'Elizabeth Taylor had the keenest eye and ear for the pain lurking behind a genteel demeanour' Paul Bailey, Guardian 'How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time!' Elizabeth Jane Howard 'The unsung heroine of British 20th century fiction' Rebecca Abrams, New Statesman 'A wonderful novelist' Jilly Cooper 'How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart' Jonathan Keates 'An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant -- even the humdrum becomes astonishing' Daily Telegraph 'Brilliantly amusing' Rosamund Lehman