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The Shadowy Third
Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen – Winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize
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The Shadowy Third
Critically acclaimed, this unique and compelling personal biography uncovers the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents.
Critically acclaimed, this compelling personal biography uncovers the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author’s grandparents
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Uncovering the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents, the critically acclaimed biography with never-before-seen letters details the affair.
For readers who were swept up in Laura Cumming's On Chapel Sands, Daniel Mendelsohn's An Odyssey and Francesca Wade's Square Haunting.
A death in the family delivers Julia Parry a box of letters. Dusty with age, they reveal a secret love affair between the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the academic Humphry House—Julia's grandfather.
So begins a life-changing quest to understand the affair, which had profound repercussions for Julia's family, not least her grandmother, Madeline. Julia traces these three very different characters through 1930s Oxford and Ireland, Texas, Calcutta in the last days of Empire, and on into World War II.
With a supporting cast that includes Isaiah Berlin and Virginia Woolf, The Shadowy Third opens up a world with complex attitudes to love and sex, duty and ambition, and to writing itself.
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The Shadowy Third by Julia Parry is praised for its literary elegance, with reviewers highlighting its epistolary beauty and the complexity of Elizabeth Bowen's letters. Critics have described it as a fascinating exploration of love, loyalty, and infidelity, while also commending its marvellous, sensitive, and intelligent reflection on complicated characters. Readers familiar with Bowen's work will particularly appreciate its insights and discoveries.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780715654491
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 February 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Duckworth
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Julia Parry was brought up in West Africa and educated at St Andrews and Oxford. She teaches English literature and has worked as a writer and photographer for a variety of publications and charitable organisations. She splits her time between London and Madrid. The Shadowy Third is her first book. For more information, visit: www.juliaparry.co.uk
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