Alice Thomas Ellis (1932 – 2005) veröffentlichte zahlreiche erfolgreiche Romane und Sachbücher. Sie war unter ihrem eigentlichen Namen – Anna Haycraft – als Lektorin und Herausgeberin im Duckworth Verlag tätig, der ihrem Mann Colin Haycraft gehörte.
Alice Thomas Ellis Libros
9 de septiembre de 1932 – 8 de marzo de 2005
Alice Thomas Ellis fue preseleccionada para el Premio Booker por 'The 27th Kingdom'. Sus obras literarias a menudo exploran las intrincadas dinámicas familiares y las complejidades de la naturaleza humana, con una perspicaz agudeza y un distintivo ingenio seco. La prosa de Ellis se caracteriza por su economía de lenguaje y una potente capacidad para evocar una profunda resonancia emocional.
The Summer House
- 352 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
A sharp comedy of marriage, motherhood, and scandal, filled with mordant wit and moral philosophy. Its constituent novels The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1987), The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1988), and The Fly in the Ointment (1989) describe from three points of view the circumstances surrounding a wedding which, at the last minute, fortunately fails to take place. Basis for the 1993 film. With a new Afterword by Thomas Meagher
Unexplained Laughter
- 155 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Lydia has a cottage in Wales to which she retires to recover from a broken love affair. She is accompanied against her will by Betty, who is concerned for her well-being and likes to do the cooking. While Lydia would prefer to be alone and will not admit to suffering from nerves, when she starts hearing odd noises in the night she is quite pleased to have a companion. Then they meet some of the local people and Lydia begins to realise that the search for peace on earth can be a vain exercise, that tragedy and misunderstanding not only travel well but are to be found proliferating in the remotest corners.
The Fly in the Ointment
- 144 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
The third and final volume of a trilogy following "The Clothes in the Wardrobe" and "The Skeleton in the Closet". The reader is treated to a view of the marriage of mousey Margaret through the eyes of the outrageous Lili who arrives from Paris to bring some glamour into other people's lives.
Alice Thomas Ellis (1932 – 2005) veröffentlichte zahlreiche erfolgreiche Romane und Sachbücher. Sie war unter ihrem eigentlichen Namen – Anna Haycraft – als Lektorin und Herausgeberin im Duckworth Verlag tätig, der ihrem Mann Colin Haycraft gehörte.
