Elizabeth Bowen

Broschiertes Buch

The Last September

Beschreibung

The story of Elizabeth Bowen's "The Last September" unfolds at the fading country estate of Sir Richard and Lady Myra Naylor, Danielstown. Set against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s, the novel is chiefly concerned with the character of Lois Farquar, the Naylors' 19-year-old niece, who comes to live with them following the death of her parents. As Lois faces the struggles of emerging from adolescence into adulthood her emotional uncertainty reflects the broader struggle of Ireland as the nation collectively grapples with its own search for identity. As the summer draws to a close, the Naylors and their guests largely continue their social routines, yet are plagued by a sense that their era, like the social season, is coming to an end. The dwindling grandeur of the country estate mirrors the broader sense of decay that belies the Anglo-Irish aristocracy as a whole. "The Last September" is as much a reflection on this mood, of uncertainty in the face of change, for the characters and the country, as it is about anything else.

Autor

Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, short story writer, and essayist celebrated for her precise, lyrical prose and her keen psychological insight. Born in Dublin and raised partly in County Cork, she drew deeply on the landscapes, houses, and tensions of Ireland in her early fiction, while later works often explored the moral and emotional upheavals of wartime London. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Bowen produced acclaimed novels such as The Heat of the Day and The Death of the Heart, as well as finely crafted short stories. A chronicler of shifting worlds-whether the fading Anglo-Irish gentry or the fragile civility of a city under siege-Bowen combined elegance and wit with a sharp sense of the undercurrents shaping human lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neeland Media
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9781420982435
• ISBN-10: 1420982435
• Artikelnr.: 74719092

Rezensionen

A book I read only some years ago, and was astonished by its modernity, its formidable intelligence and its punk sensibility, was The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen Sebastian Barry Guardian