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The Darkness of Wallis Simpson
Rose Tremain
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Description for The Darkness of Wallis Simpson
Paperback. Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward Vlll abdicated in 1936, ended her life as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend, foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. The author takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.
Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland.A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his ‘frame’ – or does he?
‘Moving and tragic... The darkness ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099268567
SKU
V9780099268567
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South ... Read more
Reviews for The Darkness of Wallis Simpson
Classic, breathtaking Tremain
Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year
Mordantly perceptive tales
Sunday Times
Moving and tragic...the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection
Express
Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain
Good Housekeeping
... Read more
Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year
Mordantly perceptive tales
Sunday Times
Moving and tragic...the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection
Express
Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain
Good Housekeeping
... Read more