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Pack of Cards
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $19.00
ISBN13: 9780802136244
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: Mar 9 1999
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.28
Language: English
An abundantly rich collection of short stories by the Man Booker Prize-winning author (The New York Times Book Review).
In Pack of Cards, Penelope Lively shares moments in the everyday world that are not always open to observation, as she delves into the minutiae of her characters' lives.
Whether she writes about a widow on a visit to Russia, a small boy's consignment to boarding school, or an agoraphobic housewife, Lively takes the reader behind a closed curtain, through the locked door, and into a world that seems at first mundane--then proves to be uniquely memorable.
Witty, profoundly civilized . . . This captivatingly intelligent collection confirms Lively's place as one of Britain's most imaginative and important contemporary writers. --Library Journal
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