The Soul Of Kindness

ISBN-13: 9781844086566 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 240 str.

Elizabeth Taylor

Opis

In this novel, first published in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor skillfully and subtly demonstrates theterrible danger of self-love, most deadly to those who live within its shadow""Here I am " Flora called to Richard as she went downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. It occurred to her of a sudden that Flora was always saying that, and that it was in the tone of one giving a lovely present. She was bestowing herself."The soul of kindness is what Flora believes herself to be. Tall, blonde, and beautiful, she appears to have everything under controlher home, her baby, her husband Richard, her friend Meg, KitMeg's brother, who has always adored Floraand Patrick the novelist and domestic pet. Only the bohemian painter Liz refuses to become a worshipper at the shrine. Flora entrances them all, dangling visions of happiness and success before their spellbound eyes. All are bewitched by this golden tyrant, all conspire to protect her from what she really is. All, that is, except the clear-eyed Lizit is left to her to show them that Flora's kindness is the sweetest poison of them all."

Recenzje

The Soul of Kindness, like many of Elizabeth Taylor's novels, is so expert that it seems effortless. As it progresses, it seems as if the cast are so fully rounded that all the novelist had to do was place them, successively, in one setting after another and observe how they reacted to each other ... Taylor is one of the hidden treasures of the English novel Philip Hensher Daily Telegraph

O autorze

Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.