The House in Paris (Paperback, New Ed)

Psychological novel with something of Evelyn Scott's ability to create suspense out of place. There's a haunting fascination about it, that lays hold of the readers - and that carries one back to now one part, now another, in retrospect. One feels overpowering curiosity from the moment the two children meet - and the recreation of the past is convincingly and beautifully handled, with no sense of anticlimax such as often attends the precarious balancing of a story within a story. A big step in technique and handling over her previous novels. The jacket is somewhat misleading, it seems to me; it would lead one to expect a somewhat frivolous, flippant story, rather than the strange blend of tragedy and humor which it is. Just a passing suggestion of the Lesbian theme, this time; unimportant. (Kirkus Reviews)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A.S. BYATT When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers' residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains. Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. In the course of a single day, the mystery surrounding Leopold, his parents, Henrietta's agitated hostess and the dying matriarch in bed upstairs, come to light slowly and tantalisingly.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	May 1998
Authors:	Elizabeth Bowen
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	238
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-927648-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-09-927648-8
Barcode:	9780099276487

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