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Metamorphosis
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An exquisite selection of the best short stories from one of our best-loved writers.
Wry, compassionate, and glittering with wit, Penelope Lively's stories get beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate stories of growing up and growing old, chance encounters and life-long relationships, Lively explores with keen insight the ways that individuals can become tangled in history, and small acts ripple through the generations.
From new and never-before-published stories to forgotten treasures, Metamorphosis showcases the very best from a literary master.
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Metamorphosis by Penelope Lively is praised for its thoughtful and intelligent approach, showcasing her rare ability to reveal complex layers with elegance. Critics highlight her skill as a sublime storyteller, keeping readers engaged and curious while maintaining an awareness of storytelling as an art. Each story is described as vividly imagined, with Lively's writing celebrated for its wit, ease, and elegance. The Times deems it superb and unmissable, lauding the quality of the writing.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780241514771
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 August 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fig Tree
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 238g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize- once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra's Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London.
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