Rendezvous and Other Stories
"If a measure of good short fiction is its continuing ability to arrest attention, Mr. O'Brian's collection can surely be counted a success."
New York Times Book Review
Patrick O'Brian has emerged, in the opinion of many, as one of the greatest novelists in English. His fame rests mainly on the achievement of the epic Aubrey/Maturin novels, but few readers know that O'Brian first made his reputation as a writer of short fiction. Les mer
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Although the tone of this collection ranges effortlessly from the humorous to the dramatic, the most characteristic and memorable stories often have to do with a glimpse of savage, destructive forces through the fragile shell of human civilization. The threatened chaos may be psychological, as in "On the Wolfsberg," or it may be lurking in the natural world, as in "A Passage of the Frontier," or, as in the dark masterpiece "The Chian Wine," it is suddenly discovered in the ancient, irrational impulses of human nature.
The setting may be the marshes of western Ireland, the Pyrenees, or the claustrophobic confines of a clockmender's house, but each story is a showcase for Patrick O'Brian's fresh and meticulous prose; each story reaffirms his sympathetic understanding of human passion and suffering. This collection proves that O'Brian is not simply the master of a genre, but an author who will long be honored as one of our most eminent literary figures.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- WW Norton & Co
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780393313802
- Utgivelsesår
- 1996
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
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"If a measure of good short fiction is its continuing ability to arrest attention, Mr. O'Brian's collection can surely be counted a success."
New York Times Book Review
"O'Brian's prose is often beautiful and always impeccably crafted."
Publishers Weekly
"Eloquent and elegant."
Kirkus Reviews