Aphrodite's Hat [electronic resource]
Vickers, Salley2010
eBook
A wonderful collection of stories from the much-loved Salley Vickers.
The stories in this long-awaited collection by Salley Vickers all deal with psychological aspects of love: love given and withheld, love craved and lost, love met and disappointed; the differing shades of loves between friends, between parents and children, between children and other adults; love even, in one case, for a pet.
Psychologically acute, sharply written in lucid and often witty prose, these stories, set in Venice, Greece and Rome as well as London and the English countryside, take us into the complex geography of the human heart. Sometimes joyous and humorous, sometimes melancholy and poignant, this collection confirms Salley Vickers' reputation as one of our most subtle and engaging writers.
Main title:
Aphrodite's Hat [electronic resource] / Salley Vickers
Author:
Vickers, Salley, Author
Work:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Salley Vickers--™ subtle, witty style and clear-eyed observation of human nature has been compared to Penelope Fitzgerald and Barbara Pym. She has worked as a university teacher of literature, specialising in Shakespeare, and in adult education, where she specialised in the literature of the ancient world. She is a trained analytical psychologist and lectures widely on the connections between literature, psychology and religion. She divides her time between London, Venice and the West Country.
ISBN:
9780007416837
Language:
English
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BRN:
355872