Book reviews: Elizabeth Bowen and the lost art of love, letters

"...this is a story shot through not so much with the comedy as the agony of the sexes."
Book reviews: Elizabeth Bowen and the lost art of love, letters

Irish novelist and short-story writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973) working at her home, Bowen's Court in Kildorrey, County Cork. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sat, 03 Apr, 2021 - 20:00
Michael Duggan

  • The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters and Elizabeth Bowen
  • Julia Parry 
  • Duckworth, €20.45 

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