The People on Privilege Hill and Other Stories - by Jane Gardam (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of "Old Filth," a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year, comes this new collection of stories that showcases Gardam's caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, and wicked powers of observation.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>"Engrossing stories of hilarity and heartbreak" from the Whitbread Award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (<i>The Seattle Times</i>).</b> <p/>A collection of stories from a writer at the height of her powers--a celebrated stylist admired for her caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, love of humanity, and wicked powers of observation. This is a delightful grouping of stories, witty and wise, that includes the return of Sir Edward Feathers, "Old Filth" himself. <p/>"[Gardam's] stories, like delicate tapestries, are alight with colors." --<i>The Times</i> (London) <p/>"When Gardam hits her mark, like other exemplary short-story writers such as William Trevor, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Elizabeth Taylor, she can be dazzling."--<i>The Guardian</i> <p/>"Gardam's brisk narration and fearless temperament make for serious fun."--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review) <p/>"Wry, economical and perpetually surprising, these 14 stories from English novelist Gardam follow the last of the intrepid, stiff upper lip WWII generation of British ladies and gentlemen. . . . Gardam vividly evokes an age of iron wills."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"Gardam displays the consummate skill of the short-story-teller, which is that of the caricaturist, the ability to capture a personality in a few brief strokes. . . . <em>Privilege Hill</em> is a collection of gentle stories that you could read to your grandmother, with the kind of sharp wit that would no doubt give her a secret smile. But they're deeper than they look . . . so don't read them all at once."--<i>The Bookbag</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Praise for Jane Gardam<BR><BR> ?Gardam's prose is so economical that no moment she describes is either gratuitous or wasted. "The New Yorker"<BR><BR> ?Artful, perfectly judged shifts of mood fill "The People on Privilege Hill "with an abiding sense of joy. "The Guardian" <BR><BR> ?Gardam is an exquisite storyteller, picking up threads, laying them down, returning to them and giving them new meaning. "The Seattle Times" <BR><BR> ?[Gardam] will bring immense pleasure to readers who treasure fiction that is intelligent, witty, sophisticated. "The Washington Post" <BR><BR> ?Gardam is evocative and conveys substance in descriptions and dialogue.? ?"The Philadelphia Inquirer" <BR><BR> ?Jane Gardam is one of our finest novelists. Like Samuel Beckett, she explores the corrosive loneliness of being alive and the courage it takes to continue.? ? "The New Statesman"<BR><BR><br><br>Praise for Jane Gardam <BR> Gardam s prose is so economical that no moment she describes is either gratuitous or wasted. "The New Yorker" <BR> Artful, perfectly judged shifts of mood fill "The People on Privilege Hill "with an abiding sense of joy. "The Guardian" <BR> Gardam is an exquisite storyteller, picking up threads, laying them down, returning to them and giving them new meaning. "The Seattle Times" <BR> [Gardam] will bring immense pleasure to readers who treasure fiction that is intelligent, witty, sophisticated. "The Washington Post" <BR> Gardam is evocative and conveys substance in descriptions and dialogue. "The Philadelphia Inquirer" <BR> Jane Gardam is one of our finest novelists. Like Samuel Beckett, she explores the corrosive loneliness of being alive and the courage it takes to continue. "The New Statesman"<br><br>Praise for Jane Gardam <BR> aGardamas prose is so economical that no moment she describes is either gratuitous or wasted.aa"The New Yorker" <BR> aArtful, perfectly judged shifts of mood fill "The People on Privilege Hill "with an abiding sense of joy.aa"The Guardian" <BR> aGardam is an exquisite storyteller, picking up threads, laying them down, returning to them and giving them new meaning.aa"The Seattle Times" <BR> a[Gardam] will bring immense pleasure to readers who treasure fiction that is intelligent, witty, sophisticated.aa"The Washington Post" <BR> aGardam is evocative and conveys substance in descriptions and dialogue.a a"The Philadelphia Inquirer" <BR> aJane Gardam is one of our finest novelists. Like Samuel Beckett, she explores the corrosive loneliness of being alive and the courage it takes to continue.a a "The New Statesman"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jane Gardam has twice won the Whitbread Award, for <b>The Hollow Land</b>, and <b>Queen of the Tambourine</b>. She is also the author of <b>God on the Rocks</b>, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently, <b>Faith Fox</b>.
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