Elizabeth Bowen The Death of the Heart review, recensie en informatie over de roman uit 1938 van de in Ierland geboren schrijfster. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de roman uit 1938 van de Iers-Britse schrijfster Elizabeth Bowen. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.
Elizabeth Bowen The Death of the Heart review en recensie
- “This is a stunning portrait of the human heart, a raw account of romantic betrayal and the pains of growing up … One of the 50 best books of the past 100 years.” (Sunday Times)
- “Bowen had a genius for conveying the reader straight into the most powerful and complex regions of the heart.” (New York Times)
- “Bowen is the link that connects Virginia Woolf with Iris Murdoch and Muriel Spark.” (Victoria Glendinning)
- “One of the best novels about a young woman that I’ve ever read.” (Greta Gerwig)
The Death of the Heart
- Auteur: Elizabeth Bowen (Ierland)
- Soort boek: coming of age-roman uit 1938
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Vintage Classics
- Omvang: 368 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook / luisterboek
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de roman van Elizabeth Bowen uit 1938
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.
Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin 7 June 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. She travelled a great deal, dividing most of her time between London and Bowen’s Court, the family house in County Cork which she inherited. Her first book, a collection of short stories, Encounters, was published in 1923. The Hotel (1927) was her first novel. In total Elizabeth Bowen wrote ten novels, short stories and non-fiction books. She was awarded the CBE in 1948, and received honorary degrees from Trinity College, Dublin in 1949, and from Oxford University in 1956. The Royal Society of Literature made her a Companion of Literature in 1965. She died in London at the age of 73 on 22 February 1973.
