Elizabeth Bowen
Bowen was one of the most distinguished Anglo-Irish novelists of the twentieth century, whose fiction explores displacement, memory, and the vulnerability of social surfaces. The Heat of the Day is her masterpiece, set in wartime London.
Works
- The Death of the HeartNovel of a young girl's dangerous naivety in a wealthy English family
- The Heat of the DayNovel set in wartime London exploring a woman's secrets and betrayals
- The House in ParisNovel of a young woman whose presence destabilizes two middle-aged lives
- The Last SeptemberNovel of an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family during Irish independence war
- Eva TroutNovel of an unconventional orphan woman and her complex relationships