The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories

”Lively remains a sublime storyteller” Guardian on How It All Began ”More stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing of two about storytelling.” The Times on How It All Began A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess; a couple who don”t know each other at all even after fifteen years together; and, in the story from which this collection takes its name, a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding. In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers.

Penelope Lively

Penguin Books Ltd

4. maj 2017

4. maj 2017

PAPERBACK

208

9780241978535

131 mm

197 mm

14 mm